I definitely don't want to rain on anyone's parade considering the comments here expressing their affinity for this perceived love song, but I have a different view.
To me, it seems as if the subject of this song is seeing his relationship grow staler quicker than he would like. This girl, while physically attractive to him and even better than he thinks he deserves, has become predictable in his mind; perhaps he's referring to them becoming more and more similar in their negative personal aspects rather than their positive. Physical affection is still much desired, that much is apparent. But it seems as though it's shown that the two of them use it to distract themselves from the inevitable: they're both wondering if their lives would be better off without one another. When he says "Help me pick up the change", I'm imagining he's asking her to help them salvage the remains of the relationship rather than continue being together romantically and grow to dislike or even hate each other.
But hey, who knows. The first time I played this album in full was moments before my girlfriend and I drunkenly and unamicably (apparently that's not a word) broke up a few weeks back, so my mind's still a little biased.
I definitely don't want to rain on anyone's parade considering the comments here expressing their affinity for this perceived love song, but I have a different view.
To me, it seems as if the subject of this song is seeing his relationship grow staler quicker than he would like. This girl, while physically attractive to him and even better than he thinks he deserves, has become predictable in his mind; perhaps he's referring to them becoming more and more similar in their negative personal aspects rather than their positive. Physical affection is still much desired, that much is apparent. But it seems as though it's shown that the two of them use it to distract themselves from the inevitable: they're both wondering if their lives would be better off without one another. When he says "Help me pick up the change", I'm imagining he's asking her to help them salvage the remains of the relationship rather than continue being together romantically and grow to dislike or even hate each other.
But hey, who knows. The first time I played this album in full was moments before my girlfriend and I drunkenly and unamicably (apparently that's not a word) broke up a few weeks back, so my mind's still a little biased.