Lyrics
I wish my friends weren’t your friends
The speaker wishes their friends didn't associate with the person addressed in the song.
I could still be around them
The speaker desires to still spend time with their friends despite the presence of the addressed person.
You’re down the street, I see your car
The addressed person's car is noticed down the street, near their apartment.
Right outside your apartment
Confirmation of the addressed person's location near their apartment.
I’ve been smoking like a gun
The speaker has been smoking excessively, potentially referencing a coping mechanism or self-destructive behavior.
I don’t think you’d like it
Assumption that the addressed person wouldn't approve of the speaker's smoking habit.
I know you don’t like the smell
Acknowledgment that the addressed person dislikes the smell of smoke.
So I try to hide it
The speaker tries to conceal their smoking habit from the addressed person.
Do you still think of what we would believe
Reflection on whether the addressed person still contemplates their shared beliefs from the past.
Do you still think of what we would believe
Reiteration of the previous line, emphasizing the contemplation of past beliefs.
Do you still go to church
Query about whether the addressed person still attends church.
I gave up awhile back
The speaker personally gave up attending church some time ago.
I think the band is doing drugs
Suspicions that the band the addressed person warned against drugs might be using them.
You told me not to try that
Recollection of the addressed person's advice against trying drugs.
I still have your old guitar
The speaker still possesses the addressed person's old guitar.
And you still wear my sweater
Confirmation that the addressed person still has an article of the speaker's clothing.
“It’s okay it’s yours to keep
The addressed person permits the speaker to keep the clothing item, acknowledging the speaker's proficiency with it.
You always played it better”
Recognition of the speaker's skill in playing the mentioned item.
Do you still think of what we would believe
Reflecting again on whether the addressed person contemplates past shared beliefs.
Do you still think of what we would believe
Reiteration of the previous line, emphasizing the contemplation of past beliefs.
Ohhhh
An interjection expressing emotion or emphasis.
(I didn’t miss the moment
The speaker didn’t miss an opportunity but was forcibly separated from a moment of ecstasy.
I was torn away from ecstasy
Explanation that luck ran out due to not having enough for the speaker.
We ran out of luck because enough wasn’t enough for me)
Reiteration that luck was insufficient for the speaker.
Ohhhh
An interjection expressing emotion or emphasis.
(I didn’t blur the focus
The speaker didn’t lose focus but the decay of their relationship caused them to give up.
Just our borne decay was giving up
The decline of their relationship led to the loss of luck due to insufficient love.
We ran out of luck because the love wasn’t enough)
Reiteration that luck ran out due to inadequate love in the relationship.
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