This is probably about a relationship that went wrong, and Billie-Joe is saying that sometimes you don't realize what the other person meant to you until it's over, and he's willing to take the blame and the pain for it, and he's kind of asking why it went wrong, thus, "The Words I Might Have Ate." This is my personal favorite song, aside from the obvious favorites like Basketcase, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Minority, etc...
This is probably about a relationship that went wrong, and Billie-Joe is saying that sometimes you don't realize what the other person meant to you until it's over, and he's willing to take the blame and the pain for it, and he's kind of asking why it went wrong, thus, "The Words I Might Have Ate." This is my personal favorite song, aside from the obvious favorites like Basketcase, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Minority, etc...