I believe it's about a friendzone type thing, as Goldenx states.
It fits a lot of the lyrics. It's CERTAINLY not about drowning, lmao!! The logic used in that interpretation was incredibly twisted, no offense. I think that person might just have had an idea and stuck to it, even though the lyrics don't hint that at all.
"but she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad, she's bad"
The boy wants a relationship with his friend who's a girl, but she can read into what that might mean/turn out to be, so she doesn't comply. "she's bad".
Pretty much all of the lyrics show some sort of infatuation with a girl.
And the lyrics above suggest that there's some sort of conflict with this, such as unrequited love. Hence, the "friendzone" type thing.
Also, the title of the song also reinforces that there's a conflict: Obstacle 1.
There's another song in the album called Obstacle 2, which shows this yearning for love once again, in a similar theme:
"If you don't trust yourself for at least one minute each day,
Well you should trust in this, girl, cause loving is coming our way."
"If you can fix me up we'll go a long way
If you can fix me up, girl, we'll go a long way."
I believe it's about a friendzone type thing, as Goldenx states. It fits a lot of the lyrics. It's CERTAINLY not about drowning, lmao!! The logic used in that interpretation was incredibly twisted, no offense. I think that person might just have had an idea and stuck to it, even though the lyrics don't hint that at all.
"but she can read, she can read, she can read, she's bad, she's bad"
The boy wants a relationship with his friend who's a girl, but she can read into what that might mean/turn out to be, so she doesn't comply. "she's bad".
Pretty much all of the lyrics show some sort of infatuation with a girl.
And the lyrics above suggest that there's some sort of conflict with this, such as unrequited love. Hence, the "friendzone" type thing.
Also, the title of the song also reinforces that there's a conflict: Obstacle 1.
There's another song in the album called Obstacle 2, which shows this yearning for love once again, in a similar theme:
"If you don't trust yourself for at least one minute each day, Well you should trust in this, girl, cause loving is coming our way."
"If you can fix me up we'll go a long way If you can fix me up, girl, we'll go a long way."
i rest my case.