The Mess We Made
Late-night Regrets: The Mess We Made by Paris Youth Foundation
Lyrics
Call me from your night out
Request to be called during a night out
Pretend that you're sober
Desire for the caller to pretend sobriety
Call me from your night out
Repeat of the request to be called during a night out
When its almost over
Reference to the end of the night out
Call me from the dance floor
Request to be called from the dance floor
When our tune is playing
Desire for the call during a specific song
Call me from the dance floor
Repeat of the request to be called from the dance floor
Nothing else needs saying
Emphasis that nothing else needs to be said
It's late and I dreamt you knew
Expressing late-night thoughts and loneliness
This love is lonely without you
Acknowledgment of loneliness without the person
You must be somewhere out drinking
Speculation about the person being out drinking
I'm awake and overthinking
Speaker is awake and overthinking the situation
Somethings just can't be saved
Recognition that some things can't be saved
Look at the mess we made
Reflection on the mess in the relationship
Call me on the way home
Request to be called on the way home
When they run out of wine
Reference to running out of wine, suggesting a late call
Call me on the way home
Repeat of the request to be called on the way home
The Call your ex hotline
Mention of the "Call your ex hotline" as a metaphor
It's late and I dreamt you knew
Reiteration of late-night thoughts and loneliness
This love is lonely without you
Restating that love feels lonely without the person
You must be somewhere out drinking
Speculation about the person being out drinking again
I'm awake and overthinking
Reiteration of being awake and overthinking
Somethings just can't be saved
Recognition that some things can't be saved, echoing line 16
Look at the mess we made
Repetition of reflecting on the mess in the relationship
Call me when the world is waking
Request to be called when the world is waking up
Smiling though our hearts are breaking
Mention of smiling despite internal heartbreak
Somethings just can't be saved
Reiteration that some things can't be saved, echoing line 16
Look at the mess we made
Repetition of reflecting on the mess in the relationship
How to ruin your life
Introduction of the theme of ruining one's life
Welcome to your free trial
Metaphorical welcome to a destructive phase
As soon as its midnight
Reference to the start of a self-destructive period
Your numbers on speed dial
Indication that the person's contact is readily available
You must be somewhere out drinking
Speculation about the person being out drinking, again
I'm awake and overthinking
Reiteration of being awake and overthinking, echoing line 28
Somethings just can't be saved
Recognition that some things can't be saved, echoing line 16
Look at the mess we made
Repetition of reflecting on the mess in the relationship
Call me when the world is waking
Request to be called during the awakening of the world
Smiling though our hearts are breaking
Mention of smiling despite internal heartbreak, echoing line 33
Somethings just can't be saved
Recognition that some things can't be saved, echoing line 16
Look at the mess we made
Repetition of reflecting on the mess in the relationship
You must be somewhere out drinking
Speculation about the person being out drinking, once again
I'm awake and overthinking
Reiteration of being awake and overthinking, echoing line 28
Somethings just can't be saved
Recognition that some things can't be saved, echoing line 16
Look at the mess we made
Repetition of reflecting on the mess in the relationship
Comment