After watching the video and listening to the lyrics, this is what I thought the song meant. After doing this, I realized there were two videos. The video I saw was from a woman's perspective. I like that the lyrics don't give a pronoun in order to not suggest a particular side, so that both genders could feel a connection to it.
“Cheated and lied, broken so bad
You made a vow, never get mad
You'll play the game, though it’s unfair
They’re all the same, who can compare?
First you lose trust, then you get worried
Night after night, bar after club
Dropping like flies, who woke you up?
On the front lawn, sprinklers turn on
It’s not your house, where’d you go wrong?
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry”
The girl finds out that the man cheated and lied in some way (not necessarily being unfaithful) and she started to see how he is broken. The girl makes a vow that she isn’t going to get mad about it. She continues with the relationship even though it’s not fair. She thinks the fights are all the same but no one compares to him, so she stays with him. She becomes worried and begins to not trust him. The man wakes up and realizes what happened and goes to apologize and everything “seems” to be back to normal (from the video).
“First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
There comes a time in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite
Call it a dark night of the soul
Ticking of clocks, gravity’s pull
First you get close, then you get worried”
The girl is telling the man that his first reaction is to feel hurt himself, but after realizing it was him, he begins feeling sorry. She is telling him that he needs to turn his life around because life is short. She is trying to convince him that if he changes things around he could have a rewrite to his life – a second chance. She is also telling him that the clock is ticking on their relationship. She feels the strong pull of love and gets close to him, but then gets worried when she sees his true colors and begins to second guess staying in the relationship.
“Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry”
She says that it seemed, in the beginning, that the relationship was flying (going well), but once things hit the fan, she falls hard. There is some word play switching around that a cannon falls hard and a feather can seem like it is flying to show how confusing the feels can be. She thought in the beginning she was the lucky one, but then realizes she doesn’t deserve to wait around forever. She fell for him because he showed interested and was invested in the relationship first.
“You’re going silent, the silent treatment
It’s not inviting now, don’t deny what you meant
You get excited, you get excited
You got a feeling, oh, at least you can pretend
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You get excited, you get excited”
He is no longer showing her the same love, attention, and commitment as he had in the beginning. She continues to say he went silent and is giving her the silent treatment. What he said and by him giving her the silent treatment can’t be denied because he means it. It is confusing, so she goes out and begins to party- trying to be excited about other new possibilities. She tries to get excited, but can’t, so she at least pretends. She wants to light the feeling of being excited to move on to something new, but also wants to light (keep) the feeling of the good she remembers from the beginning of the relationship so she wants to stay.
He ends up regretting his actions after seeing how she is moving on (part of the video) and begins feeling sorry again. She slams the door shut (frustrated to be “pulled by gravity” towards him when she can’t feel excited about moving on). He then is happy (he smirks when she gets out of the car) because she ends up going back home with him because he has that control over her or because he is happy to have a second chance with her that he is happy not to have lost her.
After watching the video and listening to the lyrics, this is what I thought the song meant. After doing this, I realized there were two videos. The video I saw was from a woman's perspective. I like that the lyrics don't give a pronoun in order to not suggest a particular side, so that both genders could feel a connection to it.
“Cheated and lied, broken so bad You made a vow, never get mad You'll play the game, though it’s unfair They’re all the same, who can compare? First you lose trust, then you get worried Night after night, bar after club Dropping like flies, who woke you up? On the front lawn, sprinklers turn on It’s not your house, where’d you go wrong? First you get hurt, then you feel sorry”
The girl finds out that the man cheated and lied in some way (not necessarily being unfaithful) and she started to see how he is broken. The girl makes a vow that she isn’t going to get mad about it. She continues with the relationship even though it’s not fair. She thinks the fights are all the same but no one compares to him, so she stays with him. She becomes worried and begins to not trust him. The man wakes up and realizes what happened and goes to apologize and everything “seems” to be back to normal (from the video).
“First you get hurt, then you feel sorry There comes a time in a short life Turn it around, get a rewrite Call it a dark night of the soul Ticking of clocks, gravity’s pull First you get close, then you get worried” The girl is telling the man that his first reaction is to feel hurt himself, but after realizing it was him, he begins feeling sorry. She is telling him that he needs to turn his life around because life is short. She is trying to convince him that if he changes things around he could have a rewrite to his life – a second chance. She is also telling him that the clock is ticking on their relationship. She feels the strong pull of love and gets close to him, but then gets worried when she sees his true colors and begins to second guess staying in the relationship.
“Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve To wait around forever when, you were there first First you get hurt, then you feel sorry” She says that it seemed, in the beginning, that the relationship was flying (going well), but once things hit the fan, she falls hard. There is some word play switching around that a cannon falls hard and a feather can seem like it is flying to show how confusing the feels can be. She thought in the beginning she was the lucky one, but then realizes she doesn’t deserve to wait around forever. She fell for him because he showed interested and was invested in the relationship first.
“You’re going silent, the silent treatment It’s not inviting now, don’t deny what you meant You get excited, you get excited You got a feeling, oh, at least you can pretend You wanna light it, you wanna light it You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends You get excited, you get excited” He is no longer showing her the same love, attention, and commitment as he had in the beginning. She continues to say he went silent and is giving her the silent treatment. What he said and by him giving her the silent treatment can’t be denied because he means it. It is confusing, so she goes out and begins to party- trying to be excited about other new possibilities. She tries to get excited, but can’t, so she at least pretends. She wants to light the feeling of being excited to move on to something new, but also wants to light (keep) the feeling of the good she remembers from the beginning of the relationship so she wants to stay.
He ends up regretting his actions after seeing how she is moving on (part of the video) and begins feeling sorry again. She slams the door shut (frustrated to be “pulled by gravity” towards him when she can’t feel excited about moving on). He then is happy (he smirks when she gets out of the car) because she ends up going back home with him because he has that control over her or because he is happy to have a second chance with her that he is happy not to have lost her.