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When they say promises
They mean promises.
They'd say "that's okay
long as we can celebrate"
You see, my uncle would say
things would change when he's dead...
"Meet me in the bathroom"
That's what she said
I don't mind...it's true.
Never was on time
Yes, I once was mine
Well, that was long ago
And darling, I don't mind.
Yeah, we were just two friends in lust
And baby, that just don't mean much
You trained me not to love
After you showed me what it was
Now she's staring wide-eyed
Can't close her eyes
Anywhere is fine.
just don't waste my time
You see, my uncle would say
things would change once he's dead...
"Meet me in the bathroom"
That's what she said
I don't mind...it's true
Never was on time
Yes, Ionce was mine
Well that was long ago
And darling, I don't mind.
Yeah, they were just two fucks in lust
Baby, that just don't mean much
You trained me not to love
After you taught me what it was.
They mean promises.
They'd say "that's okay
long as we can celebrate"
You see, my uncle would say
things would change when he's dead...
"Meet me in the bathroom"
That's what she said
I don't mind...it's true.
Never was on time
Yes, I once was mine
Well, that was long ago
And darling, I don't mind.
Yeah, we were just two friends in lust
And baby, that just don't mean much
You trained me not to love
After you showed me what it was
Now she's staring wide-eyed
Can't close her eyes
Anywhere is fine.
just don't waste my time
You see, my uncle would say
things would change once he's dead...
"Meet me in the bathroom"
That's what she said
I don't mind...it's true
Never was on time
Yes, Ionce was mine
Well that was long ago
And darling, I don't mind.
Yeah, they were just two fucks in lust
Baby, that just don't mean much
You trained me not to love
After you taught me what it was.
Lyrics submitted by d0rk0saurus
Track duration: 02:56
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Then it sorta goes into how Julian treats girls, maybe. They're just fucks & nothing more. His father kind of skewed the whole idea of love for him. The last chorus changes from 'we' to 'they.' 'They' are his parents.
Just a thought. Room On Fire is the best Strokes album hands down.
I think it's actually from the guy's point of view.
I think he's talking about how when people say promises, they mean stay true to your relationship and maybe the way he met this girl was because she said, "meet me in the bathroom" and he was figuring that she was saying it to a lot of other people, therefore, not keeping her 'promise'.
I think the uncle line is pretty much a reference to how things don't really change and how it would be great if things changed when he's dead but that he's probably not going to be around to see teenagers change their minds about how sex and an actual relationship RELATE to one another.
He's saying 'never was on time, yes I once was mine. well, that was long ago and darling I don't mind' because he's saying, 'I never wanted a relationship except this one time...but that was a long time ago (as if it wasn't a big deal because it was a long time ago) and then he goes on to try and analyze the failed relationship by saying, 'we were just two friends in lust and baby, that don't mean much.' so that he can recover and try to make himself realize that relationships fail and it happens and since he was just 'in lust' with another girl, he shouldn't make a big deal out of it because she didn't feel the same way.
Obviously the, 'trained me not to love after you showed me what it was' is a reference to a teenager's first heartbreak. He's realizing that this girl doesn't feel the same way and that being heartbroken is not something that someone wants to go through and being a guy, he figures he may as well never fall in love again.
'Now she's staring wide-eyed, can't close her eyes. Anywhere is fine, just don't waste my time' I think it's the guys interpretation of what the girl thinks. He's imagining her hooking up with some other guy the exact same way that she hooked up with him and how she's saying, "Yeah, let's just fuck anywhere because I'm in the mood." and how she's saying 'don't waste my time on trying to pursue a relationship, let's just have some fun.'
The repeated 'Meet me in the bathroom, that's what she said. I don't mind...it's true.' is the guy just thinking about how he was infatuated with her and this is all she wanted: a quick shag in the bathroom and that she had probably done the same thing to other guys too.
The whole song, to sum up this incredibly long analysis, is about some guy who hooked up with a girl at a party, very casually but it meant something to him and how he thought that she felt as deeply about him as he did her and once he found out that she was just into him for the sex and not the relationship, he was heartbroken and the song is pretty much this guy thinking about it over and over in his head just trying to accept the fact that not everyone feels the same way as he does.
'Never was on time
Yes, I once was mine'
At first, he was doing it just for fun. No commitment.
'You trained me not to love
After you showed me what it was'
He admits he fell in love with her.
'Now she's staring wide-eyed
Can't close her eyes
Anywhere is fine.
just don't waste my time'
But she just wants to have sex with him, she doesn't want him to waste her time with a relationship.
'yes i once was mine'
i think is him feeling used
and i also think that she could be already attached, which is why they are having sex in the bathroom, and 'things will change once he's dead' is because he's fucking her in the hope that she will one day leave her current boyfriend for him.
Okay anyway where was I? So my point is maybe this girl is fine with the bathroom romp. I just feel sad for those girls that are so desperate for love that they subject themselves to getting used and don't even enjoy it. Girls like this are usually so submissive they just lay there not getting off.
They just stare at the ceiling wondering why they let this imbecile inside them. Many moons ago I was that girl.
like many song that i can interpretate oh the strokes of relationship. how people just are selfish and just think about their interest.
the uncle thing i think is just a example" my uncle would say things would change once he dead"
like is an example the his uncle cares about his interests before someone life.
same in the beggining "they say thats ok long as we can celebrate" people will do whatever they can to get what they want.
the only line i get confused is "never was on time yes, i once was mine"but i see it as he learned the lesson to just care about himself just respecing his own time.
why i think he learned the lesson?
because someone trained him not to love after she taught him what that was. lol
and that must be hard to learn but once learned.impossible to forget
Baby, that just don't mean much
You trained me not to love
After you taught me what it was.
my favorite lines :]
and courtney love?
whyyyy. ahhh that blows man.