Lyrics
What did you want it to be?
Asking about the desired outcome or expectation
Treading water while you're biding your time
Being idle or inactive while waiting for something
I was blinded, you see
Was unaware or ignorant, possibly deceived
Thinking that you'd always be mine
Mistakenly believed the person would always be theirs
You were passing through the city on a Sunday
Describing a moment when the person was in the city on a Sunday
Subway, station, sunset, fading
References to a subway station and a fading sunset
When I was leaving you were standing in the doorway
Leaving while the other person stood in the doorway
That's when you saw me
The moment when the other person noticed the speaker
Didn't even take long and we were talking
Quickly engaged in conversation
Stalking the streets matching the rhythms of our hearts to the beat
Walking the streets together, synchronizing with heartbeats
I was looking for somebody that made me complete
Searching for someone to make them whole
You said I was somebody that you wanted to meet
The other person expressing interest in meeting
I just need to have my space
Expressing the need for personal space
When you said that you cared
The words of care sounded insincere or hurtful
Words sounded like swear words, you'd promise you'd swear
Promises seemed like meaningless words or oaths
I'm just staying some other place
The speaker is staying elsewhere
You'd promise, you'd swear those nights you weren't there that they shouldn't scare us,
Dismissing concerns and asserting delusion
You're delusional get off my case
Rejecting accusations and asking to be left alone
That they shouldn't scare us, that it was unfairness
Claiming that the situations were not frightening or unfair
If you could just spare us
Requesting relief from unnecessary worries
The jealousy's on your face
Noticing jealousy in the other person's expression
If you could just spare us worrying where I'm this time
Asking for understanding and less anxiety about the speaker's whereabouts
I feel my heart
The speaker feels emotional pain or turmoil
Fracturing, broken, open wounds smoking, coping
Describing a broken and wounded heart
From the start
From the beginning of the relationship
I was letting you walk all over me hoping that you'd be
Allowing the other person to mistreat them, hoping for change
Doing your part
Expecting the other person to contribute to the relationship
Making things work but I guess I was a jerk to expect you to be that kind
Realizing the mistake of expecting too much
If I were smart
If the speaker were wise, they would have moved on mentally
I would have got you out of my mind
Admitting the need to let go of thoughts about the person
I was sitting at the counter sipping whisky
Describing a scene of the speaker drinking whisky at a counter
Flavour hung on lips that kissed me
Recalling the taste of a kiss
We were sitting in the park in the shade
Sitting together in a park with wine and lemonade
Chardonnay and lemonade
Expressing a desire for a clear decision from the other person
All I ever wanted was for you to say
The speaker wanted a commitment or resolution
Whether you would go or you would stay
Reflecting on the person being elsewhere now
Now that you're some other place
Noting that the person is now someone else's heartbreak
You're someone else's heartbreak
Emphasizing the impact on another person's emotions
You're someone else's heartbreak
Reiterating that the person is causing heartbreak for someone else
You're someone else's heartbreak
Highlighting the enduring effect on another individual
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