Lyric discussion by Mopnugget 

I had originally thought that this word was a negative end to a friendship.. and that the singer was talking about a friendship that no longer had meaning to him. I asked a friend of mine what he meant by four letter word and he said "I end" but that's two words.. and so he alluded it to swears.. however.. on taking a closer look and thinking about it.. to me it reveals itself to be about love (which conveniently happens to be a four-letter word). The "When I go fishing..." stanza tips off that he wants "his friend" to say something besides friend.. and that whenever she calls him a friend.. he just wants to friendship to end so the "love" can begin.. that way the song makes perfect sense to me.. but is almost completely the opposite from what I originally thought. Great song..

I agree except I think it's about a relationship that already happened and he wants her to just stop acting so distant and get close to him again. She's doing what many girls do and trying to keep the guy in her life as a friend, but all he wants is for her to want him back again. I think he's sort of going along with it just waiting for the oppurtunity to get back with her, and this song is sort of what's going on in the back of his mind.

The phrase '_____ is a four letter word' is a phrase that references something as being negative (which, in turn, references many swears, i.e. sh*t, f*k, cnt, d*mn). For example, the term 'diet is a four letter word.' Isn't saying that the word diet has four letters in it, it's saying that the speaker strongly dislikes diets.

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