What Else Is New
Echoes of Heartache: Navigating the Past in 'What Else Is New'
Lyrics
Hey how ya doing
Opening with a casual greeting, checking in on the person's well-being.
How's your mom
Asking about the other person's mother, indicating a genuine interest in their family.
Did you ever make it out to Phoenix
Asking if the person visited Phoenix, possibly referencing a potential change or new experience.
Did you take that job
Asking about a job opportunity the person might have considered or taken.
Heard you got married
Noting that the person got married approximately a year ago, showing awareness of significant life events.
About a year ago
Continuing the acknowledgment of the person's life changes.
Sorry I'm asking
Expressing slight regret for probing into personal details, indicating a reluctance to delve deeper.
I don't really wanna know
Stating a lack of genuine interest in knowing more about the person's current life.
What else is new
Reflecting on the singer's own stagnant situation, feeling emotionally stuck.
Cause for me I'm stuck in the past
Expressing an inability to move forward from the past.
And I can't move
Feeling emotionally hindered in progressing ahead.
Can't get us down the road
Struggling to move beyond the relationship and its memories.
And out of my rear view
Referencing the difficulty in leaving the past behind and moving forward.
Same old, tryna get over you
Continuously attempting to overcome the feelings associated with the breakup.
But what else is new
Reiterating the sentiment of feeling stuck in the same emotional state.
I wanna think for a minute
Expressing a desire to consider possibilities and alternatives.
We can still be friends
Expressing a willingness to maintain a friendship despite the breakup.
Wanna keep on catching up
Desiring to continue conversing, reminiscent of old times.
Like the night won't end
Wishing to prolong the conversation as if time doesn't matter.
I want to tell you I miss you
Expressing the desire to express feelings of missing the person.
how it hurts like hell
Conveying the pain and depth of missing the person.
But I can't
Feeling unable to communicate these emotions.
So I'll just keep it to myself
Choosing to keep emotions suppressed and unexpressed.
What else is new
Reiterating the feeling of being stuck in the past.
Cause for me I'm stuck in the past
Continuing the sentiment of being emotionally stagnant.
And I can't move
Reinforcing the feeling of inability to move forward.
Can't get us down the road
Desiring to leave the past behind but finding it challenging.
And out of my rear view
Referencing the difficulty in overcoming past memories.
Same old, tryna get over you
Continuing efforts to move on from the breakup.
But what else is new
Reiterating the ongoing struggle to move forward.
What else is new
Repeating the sentiment of feeling stuck in the past.
Cause for me I'm stuck in the past
Reinforcing the feeling of emotional stagnation.
And I can't move
Continuing the expression of feeling unable to progress.
Can't get us down the road
Desiring to move forward but finding it difficult.
And out of my rear view
Referencing the challenge of leaving past memories behind.
Same old, tryna get over you
Continuing attempts to overcome emotional attachment.
Just another day tryna to get over you
Expressing the ongoing struggle of trying to move on.
But what else is new
Reiterating the difficulty in progressing beyond the past.
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