Lyrics
Our hearts break over and over forever, or at least each time we meet
Expressing the recurring pain and heartbreak that occurs each time they meet or interact.
I'm keen to keep this agreement we tend to talk but never speak
Desire to maintain a certain agreement or connection, acknowledging a communication barrier where they talk but don't truly communicate.
I'm bitter and drunk again, in the living room with old R.E.M
Feeling resentful and intoxicated, possibly reflecting on past experiences in the living room while listening to old R.E.M songs.
Though I don't know any of them, you're city across with your phantom friends
Acknowledging unfamiliarity with the city and people on the other side, suggesting a sense of isolation and distance.
Lie awake
An invitation to introspect and reflect during sleepless nights.
Confess your flaws to the ceiling
Suggesting a need for honesty by confessing one's flaws to an inanimate object, the ceiling.
A million tiny ghosts fall from your throat
Imagery of confessing, with the metaphor of ghosts representing the weight of past mistakes or regrets.
The feeling is fleeting
Emphasizing the transient nature of emotions, possibly indicating that the confessed flaws don't linger.
Purple bows and summer clothes
Referencing visual elements like purple bows and summer clothes, possibly symbolizing temporary happiness.
Every night is disparate and every night our distance grows
Highlighting the growing emotional distance each night, creating a sense of disconnection.
It's a funeral for a feeling, a life I forget to live
Metaphorically mourning the loss of a particular emotional state or experience they forget to appreciate.
I'll call you up and lie about the fucks that I don't give
Admitting to dishonesty in communication, pretending not to care about certain matters when they actually do.
I felt the bed fall away on the night you left, I barely closed my eyes with the amount I slept
Recalling a specific night when the bed felt empty after a departure, affecting the ability to sleep.
Like a falling star to ground below
Using a falling star metaphor to describe the impact of the departure on the speaker.
If you ever fall again don't let me know
Requesting not to be informed if the person falls again, suggesting a desire to distance oneself emotionally.
So sleep alone out of spite, every night
Suggesting a choice to sleep alone as an act of defiance or resentment, possibly fueled by the emotions expressed throughout the lyrics.
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