in some old interview Maika said this song was about growing up, seeing things for what they really are, and generally finding clarity through your own perspective... but that was too complicated to put into music-video form so they chose romance instead :P
(You keep calling it a crash and burn,
Just wait your turn,
You might have time to speak)
people in the singer's life are quick to jump in and call things a mess, but he plans to prove them wrong, and if they're lucky at all they'll have a chance to speak when he's finished.
(I'm sure it tasted oh so sweet,
I bit the tongue behind my teeth,
It was never good enough for me)
people around him have had things going just as they want them to, getting all the right outcomes, but the singer's tired of having to sit quiet with his own dissatisfaction; he's kept his mouth shut long enough, and he's taking his chance to be honest.
(You said you always keep your word,
Show me what you're after,
I thought you promised me the world,
Tell me what you're after,
Go on and take it way too far,
Cause here we are waiting once again)
he keeps getting these broken, one-sided promises that this person just can't keep, and the singer's starting to wonder what their intention is. they try to blow things out of proportion and jump to extremities, but the singer & everyone on his side will be right there to prove them wrong yet again.
(Are mine the only eyes that see,
So steadily,
This cut-and-dry routine?
Even when you're by my side,
I still need time to feel the company)
the singer feels like the only one who's observed how things always seem to go back to the same series of events, something worn-out and tired that he's already experienced before. this person is around him, but their presence is one-sided and empty, and it's not enough to feel like they care.
(Hold your breath now,
The bad blood's wearing thin,
From the pain that settles in,
When we learn too much too soon)
he hesitates as all of the initial anger and resentment he felt toward this news is finally starting to clear, but now he's left to cope with the pain of an untimely situation; it's too much to bear, and something he hasn't & probably never would've been prepared to deal with.
(Show me what you're after,
Just a little faster)
basically just saying stfu, quit the bullsh*t, and cut to the chase already
in some old interview Maika said this song was about growing up, seeing things for what they really are, and generally finding clarity through your own perspective... but that was too complicated to put into music-video form so they chose romance instead :P
(You keep calling it a crash and burn, Just wait your turn, You might have time to speak)
people in the singer's life are quick to jump in and call things a mess, but he plans to prove them wrong, and if they're lucky at all they'll have a chance to speak when he's finished.
(I'm sure it tasted oh so sweet, I bit the tongue behind my teeth, It was never good enough for me)
people around him have had things going just as they want them to, getting all the right outcomes, but the singer's tired of having to sit quiet with his own dissatisfaction; he's kept his mouth shut long enough, and he's taking his chance to be honest.
(You said you always keep your word, Show me what you're after, I thought you promised me the world, Tell me what you're after, Go on and take it way too far, Cause here we are waiting once again)
he keeps getting these broken, one-sided promises that this person just can't keep, and the singer's starting to wonder what their intention is. they try to blow things out of proportion and jump to extremities, but the singer & everyone on his side will be right there to prove them wrong yet again.
(Are mine the only eyes that see, So steadily, This cut-and-dry routine? Even when you're by my side, I still need time to feel the company)
the singer feels like the only one who's observed how things always seem to go back to the same series of events, something worn-out and tired that he's already experienced before. this person is around him, but their presence is one-sided and empty, and it's not enough to feel like they care.
(Hold your breath now, The bad blood's wearing thin, From the pain that settles in, When we learn too much too soon)
he hesitates as all of the initial anger and resentment he felt toward this news is finally starting to clear, but now he's left to cope with the pain of an untimely situation; it's too much to bear, and something he hasn't & probably never would've been prepared to deal with.
(Show me what you're after, Just a little faster)
basically just saying stfu, quit the bullsh*t, and cut to the chase already