I first thought this song was about how a guy's relationship with a girl was disintegrating. The guy is in over his head because he is trying to patch up his relationship with her but it is clear that it is futile.
"I never knew that everything was falling through"
This refers to how their relationship is falling apart, but the guy has no idea. He just continues to go about his business without any knowledge that she is hurting.
"That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth"
This could be describing how all his friends have abandoned him to deal with his girlfriend alone. In reality, all the guy needed was to be told the truth to help this girl, but now it may be too late.
"But that's how it's got to be
It's coming down to nothing more than apathy
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears"
Now that it's probably too late to salvage the relationship, the guy becomes apathetic to his fate and decides to run away from his problems with his girlfriend rather than stick around and be caught in the mayhem.
"Let's rearrange
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
Say that we agree and then never change
Soften a bit until we all just get along"
He first wishes that his girlfriend was just a stranger who he could forget about ever knowing. He later proposes that they patch things up and agree to agree until they get along again.
"But that's disregard
Find another friend and you discard
As you lose the argument in a cable car
Hanging above as the canyon comes between"
However, the speaker knows it's hopeless because the girl will just find another friend and discard just like she did to him. Now the canyon comes between them.
"And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless
Without a sound we lose sight of the ground
In the throw around
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves"
He states emphatically that he is losing the girl and basically says, "let's just burn this whole relationship to the ground now."
In reality, however, this song is actually about a fight that Isaac (member of the band) had with his brother Caleb (nicknamed "Cable Car") back when Caleb still played bass for the Fray. Isaac wanted Caleb to leave the band because Caleb wasn't so great. I guess I wasn't that far off. This song was about a conflict. It is probably told through Caleb's eyes. "Everything falling through" refers to the band coming apart because of the conflict. Caleb also wishes that someone had just been honest with earlier and told him that they wanted him to leave. He then feels apathetic about the band and resigns himself to run away. The second verse is where Caleb calls out the rest of the band and says that they will find a new bass player ("another friend") but will just mistreat him like they did to himself. Caleb is in over his head because he thought he could be a great musician, but it turns out he wasn't good enough.
I first thought this song was about how a guy's relationship with a girl was disintegrating. The guy is in over his head because he is trying to patch up his relationship with her but it is clear that it is futile.
"I never knew that everything was falling through"
This refers to how their relationship is falling apart, but the guy has no idea. He just continues to go about his business without any knowledge that she is hurting.
"That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue To turn and run when all I needed was the truth"
This could be describing how all his friends have abandoned him to deal with his girlfriend alone. In reality, all the guy needed was to be told the truth to help this girl, but now it may be too late.
"But that's how it's got to be It's coming down to nothing more than apathy I'd rather run the other way than stay and see The smoke and who's still standing when it clears"
Now that it's probably too late to salvage the relationship, the guy becomes apathetic to his fate and decides to run away from his problems with his girlfriend rather than stick around and be caught in the mayhem.
"Let's rearrange I wish you were a stranger I could disengage Say that we agree and then never change Soften a bit until we all just get along"
He first wishes that his girlfriend was just a stranger who he could forget about ever knowing. He later proposes that they patch things up and agree to agree until they get along again.
"But that's disregard Find another friend and you discard As you lose the argument in a cable car Hanging above as the canyon comes between"
However, the speaker knows it's hopeless because the girl will just find another friend and discard just like she did to him. Now the canyon comes between them.
"And suddenly I become a part of your past I'm becoming the part that don't last I'm losing you and its effortless Without a sound we lose sight of the ground In the throw around Never thought that you wanted to bring it down I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves"
He states emphatically that he is losing the girl and basically says, "let's just burn this whole relationship to the ground now."
In reality, however, this song is actually about a fight that Isaac (member of the band) had with his brother Caleb (nicknamed "Cable Car") back when Caleb still played bass for the Fray. Isaac wanted Caleb to leave the band because Caleb wasn't so great. I guess I wasn't that far off. This song was about a conflict. It is probably told through Caleb's eyes. "Everything falling through" refers to the band coming apart because of the conflict. Caleb also wishes that someone had just been honest with earlier and told him that they wanted him to leave. He then feels apathetic about the band and resigns himself to run away. The second verse is where Caleb calls out the rest of the band and says that they will find a new bass player ("another friend") but will just mistreat him like they did to himself. Caleb is in over his head because he thought he could be a great musician, but it turns out he wasn't good enough.