Floor Plans
Designs of Love and Missteps
Lyrics
Good morning
Opening greeting, setting the tone for a conversation.
How are you?
Asking about the listener's well-being.
cre you tired?
Inquiring if the listener is fatigued or weary.
Did you get through that project you stayed up all night to do?
Asking if the listener completed an overnight project.
Interior designer
Introduction of the speaker as an interior designer.
Drawing floor plans in your binder
Describing the act of sketching floor plans in a binder.
But we both know our plans are damned
Acknowledging that their plans (relationship?) are doomed.
Good evening
Switching to the evening, expressing frustration.
I'm pissed off
Indicating the speaker's discontent without blaming the listener.
It's not you
Clarifying that the issue is the speaker's own fault.
It's my fault
Confessing the expectation that the listener would reciprocate feelings.
I thought that you would fall for me
Revelation that the listener is talking to the speaker's friend.
You're talkin' to my friend
Observing the friend's positive engagement.
He's smilin'
Noting the friend's smiling demeanor.
He's listenin'
Emphasizing the friend's attentive listening.
He's plannin' to do the things that I had planned for you and me
Expressing the friend's intention to pursue plans meant for the speaker and the listener.
I saw you look at
Recalling a moment of eye contact with the listener.
My eyes I looked right back
Highlighting mutual eye contact between the speaker and the listener.
You cracked a smile I liked that
Appreciating the listener's positive response with a smile.
(chhh)
Onomatopoeia (chhh), possibly representing an abrupt sound or action.
Sittin in my cold dorm
Setting the scene in a cold dorm, pondering a potential romantic chance.
Wonderin' if I would
Contemplating the possibility of a connection with the listener.
Have a chance with you
Expressing uncertainty about the prospect of romance.
cnd I don't want this girl to come between us
Expressing concern about another girl disrupting their connection.
But for the record I liked her first
Clarifying that the speaker had an interest in the other girl first.
cnd I-i-i-i
Repetition of uncertainty, not knowing what the speaker is doing.
Don't know what I'm doin' at all
Desire to experience love, despite uncertainty and confusion.
I just want to be in love for once
Reiteration of the wish to be in love.
cnd I don't want this girl to come between us
Repeating concern about another girl interfering in the relationship.
But for the record I liked her first
Reaffirming the speaker's prior interest in the other girl.
cnd I-i-i-i
Repetition of uncertainty, not knowing what the speaker is doing.
Don't know what I'm doin' at all
Reiterating the desire for love amid confusion.
I just want to be in love for once
Closing statement, expressing the longing for love.
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