The speaker is talking to her ex, swallowing her pride and leaving it on the table that she wants him back. She isn't asking for him back, she isn't desperate and keeps her dignity (no drunk texts asking for him back!). She "just" wants him to know that if he wants her back, she wants him back too.
Some things about their relationship are "long forgotten", and some things "were never said", although now she wishes she had said them. When they were together, she didn't believe it would work ("I said we were opposite lovers" "from the beginning"). She "had a wandering heart" and she ran him down. Even though he stopped loving her ("you ran away with your heart"), she blames "it all " on herself.
If he wants her back, she will "take the fall and the fault in us". She realizes that she didn't treat him right when they were together ("I'll give you all the love I never gave before I left you"). Looking back, she lists off her faults that contributed to their break-up ("I had a fear of forgiveness ... I was too proud to say I was wrong ...fear and control"). She hopes that he remembers what he promised her ("Said you'd always see me through"), and can give them another chance. Now she has learned what she wants (him), improved herself, and is "ready for the both of us now".
Haim has some great deeply emotional lyrics for a real rock band. It's a hard thing to do, to go to your ex and tell them you blame yourself for how the relationship ended and that you want them back. It shows that the speaker has had a lot of time to reflect on it. She is mature enough to recognize her own faults, know what she wants, and go for it. I wish my ex would say this to me...
P.S. The music video is awesome. Who doesn't want to dance down Ventura Blvd at sunrise?
The speaker is talking to her ex, swallowing her pride and leaving it on the table that she wants him back. She isn't asking for him back, she isn't desperate and keeps her dignity (no drunk texts asking for him back!). She "just" wants him to know that if he wants her back, she wants him back too.
Some things about their relationship are "long forgotten", and some things "were never said", although now she wishes she had said them. When they were together, she didn't believe it would work ("I said we were opposite lovers" "from the beginning"). She "had a wandering heart" and she ran him down. Even though he stopped loving her ("you ran away with your heart"), she blames "it all " on herself.
If he wants her back, she will "take the fall and the fault in us". She realizes that she didn't treat him right when they were together ("I'll give you all the love I never gave before I left you"). Looking back, she lists off her faults that contributed to their break-up ("I had a fear of forgiveness ... I was too proud to say I was wrong ...fear and control"). She hopes that he remembers what he promised her ("Said you'd always see me through"), and can give them another chance. Now she has learned what she wants (him), improved herself, and is "ready for the both of us now".
Haim has some great deeply emotional lyrics for a real rock band. It's a hard thing to do, to go to your ex and tell them you blame yourself for how the relationship ended and that you want them back. It shows that the speaker has had a lot of time to reflect on it. She is mature enough to recognize her own faults, know what she wants, and go for it. I wish my ex would say this to me...
P.S. The music video is awesome. Who doesn't want to dance down Ventura Blvd at sunrise?