Cant believe i am the first to comment on this song. It is fantastic. So damm funky. One of those songs you just cant get out of your head.

The lyrics are a little sad but i really don't understand them. I think the song talks about a relationship and how time and distance has ultimately results in the two drifting apart.

Great Song!! Would appreciate if someone else could shed some light on its meaning.....

Love this song too. I like the disco sound they have going on. Can't say I really know what the song is about, but I like it regardless of the actual meaning.
Do agree somewhat with what "The Kernal" said about a relationship drifting apart. Great song.

one of their best songs

god i wanna fuck tomas

It's hard to find the truly meaning in this song, but I'll try;

"I remember this young guy died and I took his part
He got far too many stitches on his pretty face
Long time to see but I always thought us two would be serious
I was looking around town, thinking the same as you."

It could be abput his girlfriend, and how the relationship was in the beginning. The first line could then be about the girls old boyfriend, and how the singer took his place.

"I'm far gone but your long distance call And your capital letters keep me asking for more

It's never been like that
It's never been like that"

Like The Kernal said, this part is about time and distance who make them grow apart.

"Where to go I had no idea about it
Most of the people do, there're only doing just fine
I don't wanna stay in place no more, see Ain't doing well well well, I am only doing just fine"

He don't know what to do, but he does not want it to be like this, he wants to change his situation, because he is not doing as good as he wants to.

The song is defintely about love, and as I see it, it is about some problems he has in the relationship, and he wants to change it.

I'm listening to the song now on my phone, have five from Phoenix that have been on perpetual shuffle for a couple of days.

I don't think the song's necessarily about a current relationship going awry, maybe an old flame or a crush that never really came to fruition, "Long time no see, long time no say" sounds like a reacquainting to me.

I remember this young guy died and I took his part
He got far too many stitches on his pretty face
Long time to see but I always thought us two would be serious

I think the young guy he's referring to is himself, second line, basically he's been through alot, he's been hurt, life took away his youth and beauty. That last line just makes me think it's about feelings for someone being revisited, maybe never spoken outloud.

The song could also be about a place, with the long distance call being more like a longing to go back home. I think that because I can't figure out what else "capital letters" would refer to but a state or city.

Favorite part might be this verse:

Where to go I had no idea about it
Most of the people do, there're only doing just fine
I don't wanna stay in place no more, see Ain't doing well well well, I am only doing just fine

Not wanting to settle, it's a simple concept, but it strikes a chord with me. That's it.

"Where to go I had no idea. $26.10 was the price to pay"

That line I think, he's talking about a bus ticket. He's young and has no idea where to go though. He was unsure about whether or not to leave

"those 26.10, I shouldn't give them away."

He's leaving away from the girl that hurt him. The part about taking the dead guy's part I think that maybe he went out with a girl who's b.f. died.

He's far gone because of the bus ride he took away from wherever the girl lived (where he was originally from). The part about the long distance call was her calling him and the capital letters could also be her name on the caller i.d. (who knows? that's my best guess though) I just picture him seeing her name on the caller i.d. and him wanted to answer the long distance call but doesn't answer, hence the second verse "long time no see, long time no say."

Long story short. I think the relationship didn't work because of the first guy. He couldn't take it anymore (her talking and mourning her loss) so he split and never looked back although part of him wanted to.

What if the young guy that died is trying to tell us the relationship is from when he was younger. IE High
school or college? Had to leave for a job or whatever which creates the distance you guys have broken down
pretty well. The "death" could be his shifting priorities and general maturing. He seems to acknowledge that
maybe the relationship wasn't strong enough for him to stay, but he still misses the person.

I think you guys nailed most everything else. Capital Letters could just be a way to use the word letters so we would all get it what he's talking about while maintaining the flow of the lyrics. Also maybe the XOXOXO you see at the end of letters from loved ones?

Or he left this girl for what he thought was a better life, but now he's not so sure.