Lyrics
If I'm your saint
The singer questions their role as a saint in someone's life.
What is it you value?
Asking what qualities or actions the person values in the singer as a saint.
If I'm your friend
Questioning the nature of the relationship: if the singer is considered a friend.
Who is it you hate?
Asking who or what the person dislikes or harbors hatred toward.
I call you up
The singer reaches out to the person in the morning.
In the morning
Intending to confront the person about unspecified issues.
To call you out
To challenge or provoke a reaction regarding something seemingly trivial.
On nothing at all
Highlighting that the confrontation might be baseless.
Destructive tendencies are out of my control
The singer feels unable to control destructive tendencies.
So when things fall apart just know that you were warned
Warning the person that chaos might result from these tendencies.
I break things
Expressing a propensity to break things, metaphorically or literally.
Myself included
Admitting self-involvement in the act of breaking things.
Hence the warning
Explaining the warning given earlier.
That's on the box
Suggesting that this warning is evident or indicated somehow.
I make things fall apart
Claiming responsibility for causing disarray or failure.
And I don't know how to make it stop
Expressing ignorance about how to cease these actions.
To keep things close
Admitting difficulty in maintaining close relationships.
Is a feat that I can't do
Describing the inability to achieve the feat of keeping things close.
It's not that I'm not trying
Clarifying that effort is made but falls short of success.
I'm just not good enough for you
Feeling inadequate for the other person.
Maybe you're my saving grace,
Suggesting the other person may be a source of salvation.
The best thing I could know
Considering the other person as the best thing in the singer's life.
Likely I'm your biggest vice,
Implying the singer might be the other person's biggest weakness or addiction.
The thing that keeps you cold
Describing the singer's impact as causing emotional distance or detachment.
I break things
Reiterating the tendency to break things, including oneself.
Myself included
Reiterating self-involvement in the act of breaking things.
Hence the warning
Reiterating the previous warning mentioned in the song.
That's on the box
Emphasizing the evident or indicated nature of the warning.
I make things fall apart
Reiterating responsibility for causing disarray or failure.
And I don't know how to make it stop
Expressing uncertainty or lack of knowledge about stopping these actions.
I don't think I could ever make it stop
Admitting doubt about the ability to cease these actions.
Destructive tendencies are out of my control
Reiterating the lack of control over destructive tendencies.
So when things fall apart, just know that you were warned
Reiterating the warning about chaos ensuing from these tendencies.
I break things
Reiterating the propensity to break things, including oneself.
Myself included
Reiterating self-involvement in the act of breaking things.
Hence the warning
Reiterating the previous warning mentioned in the song.
That's on the box
Emphasizing the evident or indicated nature of the warning.
I make things fall apart
Reiterating responsibility for causing disarray or failure.
And I don't know how to make it stop
Expressing uncertainty or lack of knowledge about stopping these actions.
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