Lyrics
How's the city? How's the cold?
Asking about the well-being of the city and the cold weather.
Checked the news and saw the falling snow
Observing news about falling snow, possibly reflecting changes or troubles.
Guess warm days are meant to outgrow
Speculating that warm days, metaphorically positive times, are meant to be outgrown.
How's your brother? Making friends?
Inquiring about the friend's brother and his social connections.
Does he know that we've come to an end?
Questioning if the brother is aware of the relationship ending.
Did you tell him that we'd talk again?
Asking if the friend informed the brother about a future conversation.
Yeah, we're like black coffee
Comparing the relationship to black coffee, suggesting simplicity or bitterness.
Leave our brains at the bottom
Describing a tendency to leave complex thoughts or issues at the bottom.
Unfinished story, drinking up and forgotten
Referring to an incomplete narrative, involving drinking and forgetting.
And all of the memories and all of the warnings
Mentioning memories and warnings being discarded, possibly indicating regret.
Poured it all down in the drain
Symbolizing the disregard for past experiences by pouring them down the drain.
Yeah, we're like black coffee
Reiterating the comparison to black coffee, emphasizing its characteristics.
But we could fill it up if we wanna
Suggesting the potential to change or improve the relationship if desired.
Stole your dad's Mercedes and put Tyler on
Recalling a rebellious act of stealing a car and having a friend named Tyler on board.
Took a million pictures in the parking lot
Highlighting a moment of joy captured through numerous photographs in a parking lot.
We looked happy, so what happened?
Expressing confusion about the contrast between past happiness and current troubles.
'Cause now it's 2 am
Noting the late hour (2 am) and expressing a sense of disorientation.
And we're out here asking, "Where did we go?"
Raising the question of where the relationship went wrong or what caused its downfall.
But that's on you to know
Assigning the responsibility of understanding the situation to the other person.
Yeah, we're like black coffee
Repeating the comparison to black coffee, reinforcing its significance.
Leave our brains at the bottom
Echoing the idea of leaving unresolved issues at the bottom of the metaphorical cup.
Unfinished story, drinking up and forgotten
Reiterating the theme of an incomplete story, involving drinking and neglect.
And all of the memories and all of the warnings
Restating the neglect of memories and warnings, possibly regretting their dismissal.
Poured it all down in the drain
Emphasizing the irreversible nature of discarding past experiences down the drain.
Yeah, we're like black coffee
Affirming the likeness to black coffee and hinting at the possibility of improvement.
But we could fill it up if we wanna
Suggesting the potential to fill the relationship with positivity if desired.
Yeah, we're like black coffee
Repeating the comparison to black coffee, underscoring its persistent nature.
And that's the problem
Declaring the relationship's persistent problem, implying an ongoing challenge.
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