Does He Love You? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bellablue2 

Cover art for Does He Love You? lyrics by Rilo Kiley

What about the verse: Let's not forget ourselves, good friend You and I were almost dead And you're better off for leaving Yeah, you're better off for leaving

I've listened to this song many times and today this verse struck me as a suggestion that the two women in the song were together in the past. Does anyone else get this? Or am I misinterpreting the person who's saying this?

I think its more like, the two women knew each other in the past, since it seems that the one in California knows the other woman