The singer wants their partner to be more intimate again with them, giving them many open opportunities to do so. However, frustration also comes through when they bitterly talk about the unfairness of their partner’s behavior. They’re taking the relationship one day at a time (“One finger at a time, I turn the pages, yeah”). However, they’re losing hope with every one, alternating between that frustration and love, intimacy and distance, seemingly in an attempt to induce jealousy.
The “right leg crossed” could symbolize the partner’s closed-off attitude. The camera on the couch, a reminder of the couple’s past, a piece of nostalgia haunting the singer as they occupy the same space as their partner. They are desperately trying to get them to connect and see how much the singer loves the, though they also openly admit to their sins within the relationship (“stripes on my shirt’). The partner sipping champagne could symbolize their celebration of their distance, while his grief is reflected in his consumption of red wine.
They now that the situation isn’t sustainable, but they’re willing to keep it going for a while longer.
The singer wants their partner to be more intimate again with them, giving them many open opportunities to do so. However, frustration also comes through when they bitterly talk about the unfairness of their partner’s behavior. They’re taking the relationship one day at a time (“One finger at a time, I turn the pages, yeah”). However, they’re losing hope with every one, alternating between that frustration and love, intimacy and distance, seemingly in an attempt to induce jealousy.
The “right leg crossed” could symbolize the partner’s closed-off attitude. The camera on the couch, a reminder of the couple’s past, a piece of nostalgia haunting the singer as they occupy the same space as their partner. They are desperately trying to get them to connect and see how much the singer loves the, though they also openly admit to their sins within the relationship (“stripes on my shirt’). The partner sipping champagne could symbolize their celebration of their distance, while his grief is reflected in his consumption of red wine.
They now that the situation isn’t sustainable, but they’re willing to keep it going for a while longer.