all the comments have given me a different perspective of the song, and have completely changed interpretation of the song meaning, but what I originally thought was the complete oppisot and thought that it was the boy (Matty) knows he can't be around the girl.
I felt like the lyrics were about a girl who seemed to rush into a relationship with Matty and had fallen completely head over heels for him.
But she had an attitude, and was afriad of loosing him because of what she had heard in the past, she was quiet but cold toward him.
"You're cold and I burn, I guess i'll never learn cause I stay another hour or two"
Her words are as sharp as knives but he knows it's only because she's afriad to lose him and knows his past, and although they argue he stays another few hours.
She goes back to his house, and they have sex.
"Now I just stop myself around you" makes me think he cut her off a few days/weeks later, she's hysterical and feels used and upset.
"For crying out loud, settle down, you know I can't be found with you" is his response.
"a small town, dictating all the people we get around, what a familiar face" He knows he can't be found with her, he might truely like the girl but he's well known in there small town, and people take notice of who he is, he knows he can't be found with her because people around will judge and start talking. So he now stops himself around her. He doesn't want to lead her on, and he knows he can't be found with her.
all the comments have given me a different perspective of the song, and have completely changed interpretation of the song meaning, but what I originally thought was the complete oppisot and thought that it was the boy (Matty) knows he can't be around the girl.
I felt like the lyrics were about a girl who seemed to rush into a relationship with Matty and had fallen completely head over heels for him. But she had an attitude, and was afriad of loosing him because of what she had heard in the past, she was quiet but cold toward him. "You're cold and I burn, I guess i'll never learn cause I stay another hour or two" Her words are as sharp as knives but he knows it's only because she's afriad to lose him and knows his past, and although they argue he stays another few hours.
She goes back to his house, and they have sex. "Now I just stop myself around you" makes me think he cut her off a few days/weeks later, she's hysterical and feels used and upset. "For crying out loud, settle down, you know I can't be found with you" is his response. "a small town, dictating all the people we get around, what a familiar face" He knows he can't be found with her, he might truely like the girl but he's well known in there small town, and people take notice of who he is, he knows he can't be found with her because people around will judge and start talking. So he now stops himself around her. He doesn't want to lead her on, and he knows he can't be found with her.