Personally, this song reminds me of a person who lost their girlfriend (or boyfriend) because they're an alcoholic. This person left him because he can't stop drinking- and this causes him to drink more, even though he knows that's why she left him.
He's singing of the vicious cycle he's in. He hopes that when he wakes up he's still drunk so he doesn't think about how he spent the night with a random girl. Alcohol hasn't killed him (yet), but it isn't making him any stronger, either. He realizes this as he wakes up, and he thinks about his ex, and he wishes he was sober for her. He's sobering up and starting to think about how she's gone...
Thinking of her makes him sad, and he starts asking himself if he should drink to cope with it, even though he knows he shouldn't... but he ends up drinking again just to feel "love"- or to be able to stop thinking of his ex and find a new toy for the night.
"I wanna hold your heart in both hands
I'll watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can" - I think this is very symbolic. He knows his alcohol problem will destroy her if she were to come back to him (his addiction is the coke) but he still wants her to be his. Since he can't have this, he tells her he would still want to be friends with her. But "burns don't heal like before" meaning it's hard to be friends since neither of them are completely healed from the relationship (especially him).
"On cold days Coldplay's out like the band's the name
I know I can't heal things with a hand shake"
He can't make the relationship better just by saying he'll change, because....
"You know I can't change as I began saying
You cut me wide open like landscape"
He knows he can't change, and she knows that he's an alcoholic and can't change either.
"Open bottles of beer but never champagne
To applaud you with the sound that my hands make."
Champange is for celebrating. He's not celebrating, he's mourning losing her love.
And so, to cope with his sadness over her...... he drinks again. To feel love. And to end up on the right side of the wrong bed again in the morning, because someone else can distract him from his ex and his issues- at least until he begins to sober up again.
I've dealt with alcoholic family members and boyfriends, and have had alcohol issues myself. This hits close to home for me.
Personally, this song reminds me of a person who lost their girlfriend (or boyfriend) because they're an alcoholic. This person left him because he can't stop drinking- and this causes him to drink more, even though he knows that's why she left him.
He's singing of the vicious cycle he's in. He hopes that when he wakes up he's still drunk so he doesn't think about how he spent the night with a random girl. Alcohol hasn't killed him (yet), but it isn't making him any stronger, either. He realizes this as he wakes up, and he thinks about his ex, and he wishes he was sober for her. He's sobering up and starting to think about how she's gone...
Thinking of her makes him sad, and he starts asking himself if he should drink to cope with it, even though he knows he shouldn't... but he ends up drinking again just to feel "love"- or to be able to stop thinking of his ex and find a new toy for the night.
"I wanna hold your heart in both hands I'll watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can" - I think this is very symbolic. He knows his alcohol problem will destroy her if she were to come back to him (his addiction is the coke) but he still wants her to be his. Since he can't have this, he tells her he would still want to be friends with her. But "burns don't heal like before" meaning it's hard to be friends since neither of them are completely healed from the relationship (especially him).
"On cold days Coldplay's out like the band's the name I know I can't heal things with a hand shake" He can't make the relationship better just by saying he'll change, because....
"You know I can't change as I began saying You cut me wide open like landscape" He knows he can't change, and she knows that he's an alcoholic and can't change either.
"Open bottles of beer but never champagne To applaud you with the sound that my hands make." Champange is for celebrating. He's not celebrating, he's mourning losing her love.
And so, to cope with his sadness over her...... he drinks again. To feel love. And to end up on the right side of the wrong bed again in the morning, because someone else can distract him from his ex and his issues- at least until he begins to sober up again.
I've dealt with alcoholic family members and boyfriends, and have had alcohol issues myself. This hits close to home for me.