Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tiffanyayala99 

Cover art for Feels Like We Only Go Backwards lyrics by Tame Impala

INDECISION !!! when you dont know if whether give your love to someone and go ahead and built that relationship or just give up because you're scared or you dont want to jump into some relation but still you know that you feel something for that person... So you're trying to figure that out but, because of that indecision sometimes you have the thought of "oh no maybe i souldn't " so you kind of always go backwards on that relationship ... Thats why he says that he really wants that person to give everything but he's scared of having his "hopes up again"...Im kind of in that situation and when i heard the lyrics i was totally shocked because im living this exacly situation of "indecision"... It sucks

My Interpretation

@tiffanyayala99 I have always interpreted this the same way and this was kind of "our song" with some guy I personnaly was really in love with. He gave me the vinyl of that song and I really believed it was his way of telling me he loved me inspite of all this indecision. But well, now I think it didn't.

Today I read this interpretation by someone called grandmaster-d on another site and I think he nailed it. "IMO this song is about unfulfilled love. But it is the singer himself who can not love his partner. The hook pretty...

@tiffanyayala99 i really think that it's not the singer who's indecisive. it's someone he sings for. he knows he has feelings for her, but he isnt sure what the girl feels bcs she does not show it well. thus he cannot take the relationship (or whatever it is they have) to the next level.