My personal interpretation is that this is a song about about a sentimental breakup, that is being dumped.
I think the lyrics are written and sung by the perspective of the guy dumped by his now-ex girlfriend, and expressing his sarcastic bitterness about her decision.
More in detail:
> And I move slow,
> Just slow enough to make you uncomfortable
Perhaps when they were still together she used to say that she disliked when he was moving slow.
> You say I hate you, you mean it
> And I love you sounds fake
> It's taken me so long to figure that out
> I used to love the taste, I would do anything for it
> Now I would do anything to get the taste out of my mouth
Here he recaps her confusion about her feelings for him
> And you're so confident,
> But I hear you crying in your sleeping bag
Here he's sarcastic about her being "so confident" on her decisions.
> But you were broken bad yourself
> And you were mad as hell, you felt
> If you had done anything with anyone else
> It would have worked out so well
Here he throws back sarcastically some of her statements when she used to say that he was a problem
> But you are an artist
> And your mind don't work the way you want it to
Here he sarcastically remembers to her that she is an artist
> One day you'll be washing yourself with hand soap in a public bathroom
> And you'll be thinking, how did I get here?
> Where the hell am I?
> If the roles were reveresed, you could have seen me sneaking up
> Sneaking up from behind
This is the main part that makes me think this song is about a breakup: I think the singer is envisioning a situation where she is washing her hands in a dirty public bathroom and all of a sudden she regrets the decision of the breakup.
Him seaking up from behind is the imagination of the ex girlfriend understanding that the story is really over.
My personal interpretation is that this is a song about about a sentimental breakup, that is being dumped. I think the lyrics are written and sung by the perspective of the guy dumped by his now-ex girlfriend, and expressing his sarcastic bitterness about her decision.
More in detail:
> And I move slow, > Just slow enough to make you uncomfortable
Perhaps when they were still together she used to say that she disliked when he was moving slow.
> You say I hate you, you mean it > And I love you sounds fake > It's taken me so long to figure that out > I used to love the taste, I would do anything for it > Now I would do anything to get the taste out of my mouth
Here he recaps her confusion about her feelings for him
> And you're so confident, > But I hear you crying in your sleeping bag
Here he's sarcastic about her being "so confident" on her decisions.
> But you were broken bad yourself > And you were mad as hell, you felt > If you had done anything with anyone else > It would have worked out so well
Here he throws back sarcastically some of her statements when she used to say that he was a problem
> But you are an artist > And your mind don't work the way you want it to
Here he sarcastically remembers to her that she is an artist
> One day you'll be washing yourself with hand soap in a public bathroom > And you'll be thinking, how did I get here? > Where the hell am I? > If the roles were reveresed, you could have seen me sneaking up > Sneaking up from behind
This is the main part that makes me think this song is about a breakup: I think the singer is envisioning a situation where she is washing her hands in a dirty public bathroom and all of a sudden she regrets the decision of the breakup. Him seaking up from behind is the imagination of the ex girlfriend understanding that the story is really over.