Lyrics
You know those sleepovers are over
You acknowledge that sleepovers are no longer part of the relationship.
You take the bed, I'll take the sofa
Division of space is suggested, indicating emotional distance.
I heard you tell him I was just a friend from school
Rumors about the nature of your relationship are spreading.
(That was a lie)
The assertion that the previous statement was false.
And all my friends ask me for love advice
Friends seek advice on love, despite your own relationship struggles.
Which feels pretty ironic
The irony of giving love advice while facing relationship challenges.
'cause every night I'm playing chicken with you
The metaphor of playing "chicken" suggests a risky confrontation or test in the relationship.
And you know I gotta swerve!
Expressing the need to avoid the impending collision.
I ain't built to be this hurt
Conveying emotional pain and vulnerability.
Oh babe you know I gotta swerve
Reiterating the necessity to avoid emotional pain.
You revved the engine first
Acknowledging the partner initiated the emotional confrontation.
You revved the engine first
Repetition of partner's initiation of the emotional confrontation.
I don't think that I can go home again
Expressing doubt about returning to a previous state or relationship.
I don't think that we can ever be friends
Casting doubt on the possibility of restoring the friendship.
I don't think that I can go home again
Reiteration of reluctance to go back to a previous state.
I don't think that we can ever be friends
Reiteration of doubt regarding the possibility of being friends.
We'll never be friends
Emphasizing the impossibility of returning to friendship.
Wasn't it all better before
Nostalgia for a perceived better past.
Eavesdroppers broke down the door
Unwanted intrusion into privacy causing distress.
How, how, how
Expressing bewilderment about being discovered.
How did they find us?
Raising questions about how the intrusion occurred.
And you're gonna wonder for sure
Speculation about the partner's future doubts.
And bury my things in a drawer
Suggesting a desire to conceal evidence of the relationship.
Yeah you, you, you
Expressing anticipation of being hidden.
You're gonna hide us!
Expectation of being kept secret.
So God bless the ghost inside your house
Acknowledging the presence of spiritual or emotional remnants.
But I stripped the sheets and I'm living now
Indicating personal growth and moving on.
I don't think that I can go home again
Reiteration of the reluctance to return to the past.
(You'll never, you'll never see me)
Emphasizing the permanence of not being seen again.
I don't think that we can ever be friends
Doubt about the possibility of rekindling the friendship.
(You'll always wonder)
Anticipating perpetual curiosity about the unattainable.
I don't think that I can go home again
Reiteration of the reluctance to return to the past.
(You'll never, you'll never see me)
Emphasizing the permanence of not being seen again.
I don't think that we can ever be friends
Doubt about the possibility of rekindling the friendship.
(You'll always wonder)
Anticipating perpetual curiosity about the unattainable.
I don't think that I can go home again
Reiteration of the reluctance to return to the past.
(You'll never, you'll never see me)
Emphasizing the permanence of not being seen again.
I don't think that we can ever be friends
Doubt about the possibility of rekindling the friendship.
(You'll always wonder)
Anticipating perpetual curiosity about the unattainable.
I don't think that I can go home again
Reiteration of the reluctance to return to the past.
(You'll never, you'll never see me)
Emphasizing the permanence of not being seen again.
I don't think that we can ever be friends
Doubt about the possibility of rekindling the friendship.
(You'll always wonder)
Anticipating perpetual curiosity about the unattainable.
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