i think this song is about someone she has been in a romantic relationship with in the past, but now they are broken up and the other person just wants to be friends.. and so, she's trying to get on with her life, go to parties and stuff.. but she connects with them in a friendly way at the end of the night -- getting this from: Call me friend but keep me closer (call me back)
And I'll call you when the party's over
and she's saying that it is MORE painful to still have this "friend" closeness that is a bit more close than friends. Because, after she's had the phone call, then she is walking home alone still.. (because they are not a couple and she's not headed to their place after the party kinda thing)
and she tries to pretend that she doesn't mind just being friends but actually its a lie to say that she likes the current situation. and she acknowledges that if they tried to get closer again she would probably just hurt them.. partly because they already know so much about each other but there's the rejection in the air over the friendship now.
that's my interpretation! I understand this song a lot better since recently going through a situation where I felt mad love for someone but they just wanted to be friends and stay friends and it was so much torture for me emotionally to do that that I sabotaged the whole thing.. sigh.
i think this song is about someone she has been in a romantic relationship with in the past, but now they are broken up and the other person just wants to be friends.. and so, she's trying to get on with her life, go to parties and stuff.. but she connects with them in a friendly way at the end of the night -- getting this from: Call me friend but keep me closer (call me back) And I'll call you when the party's over
and she's saying that it is MORE painful to still have this "friend" closeness that is a bit more close than friends. Because, after she's had the phone call, then she is walking home alone still.. (because they are not a couple and she's not headed to their place after the party kinda thing)
and she tries to pretend that she doesn't mind just being friends but actually its a lie to say that she likes the current situation. and she acknowledges that if they tried to get closer again she would probably just hurt them.. partly because they already know so much about each other but there's the rejection in the air over the friendship now.
that's my interpretation! I understand this song a lot better since recently going through a situation where I felt mad love for someone but they just wanted to be friends and stay friends and it was so much torture for me emotionally to do that that I sabotaged the whole thing.. sigh.
thanks Billie for writing such relatable music