I think the song is about a guy and a girl who are on the rocks.
"counting all different ideas drifting away." - they are trying to figure out what to do.
"past and present don't matter now the future's sorted out" - they have come to a conclusion finally
"watch her moving in elliptical patterns think its not what you say what you say is way too complicated" - she's talking in circles because she isn't sure. He thinks its not what she says because what she says isn't making sense its what she feels
"for a minute thought i couldn't tell how to fall out" - for a bit he didn't think he would remember how to live without her.
"its twenty seconds til the last call" - he's fed up he wants an answer. he's done playing games
"you're going hey hey hey hey hey hey" - she's asking him to wait and not leave
"lie down you know its easy" - give up its easier
"like we did it over summer long" - maybe their relationship was kinding fading
"fold it fold it fold it fold it" - give up throw your cards its done.
"girlfriend, oh your girlfriend is drifitng away" - she's leaving
"past and present 1855-1901" - the time it took to build the Eiffel tower
"Watch them build up a material tower" - it has no meaning except to impress (as material items do)
"think its not gonna stay anyway think its overrated" - they think the tower was just to show off for the world fair and that its just an overrated eye sore possibly like his failed relationship
well anyway thats what i got from the lyrics hope this helped anyone who wasn't sure
@jsant942 yes, bang on with the cards, but i think it "For a minute, thought I couldn't tell how to FOLD out" so he did know how to leave the relationship. "It's 20 seconds til the last CALL", call again being a card game/poker reference. Then I think it's "Fold it, Fold it,, Fold it, Folding", so Do it, Do it, Do it, doing it.
@jsant942 yes, bang on with the cards, but i think it "For a minute, thought I couldn't tell how to FOLD out" so he did know how to leave the relationship. "It's 20 seconds til the last CALL", call again being a card game/poker reference. Then I think it's "Fold it, Fold it,, Fold it, Folding", so Do it, Do it, Do it, doing it.
"It's not a miracle we needed" could also reference needing a good card to win a hand (river poker)
"It's not a miracle we needed" could also reference needing a good card to win a hand (river poker)
"No, I wouldn't let you think so", bluffing about his hand of cards.
I think the song is about a guy and a girl who are on the rocks. "counting all different ideas drifting away." - they are trying to figure out what to do. "past and present don't matter now the future's sorted out" - they have come to a conclusion finally "watch her moving in elliptical patterns think its not what you say what you say is way too complicated" - she's talking in circles because she isn't sure. He thinks its not what she says because what she says isn't making sense its what she feels "for a minute thought i couldn't tell how to fall out" - for a bit he didn't think he would remember how to live without her. "its twenty seconds til the last call" - he's fed up he wants an answer. he's done playing games "you're going hey hey hey hey hey hey" - she's asking him to wait and not leave "lie down you know its easy" - give up its easier "like we did it over summer long" - maybe their relationship was kinding fading "fold it fold it fold it fold it" - give up throw your cards its done. "girlfriend, oh your girlfriend is drifitng away" - she's leaving "past and present 1855-1901" - the time it took to build the Eiffel tower "Watch them build up a material tower" - it has no meaning except to impress (as material items do) "think its not gonna stay anyway think its overrated" - they think the tower was just to show off for the world fair and that its just an overrated eye sore possibly like his failed relationship
well anyway thats what i got from the lyrics hope this helped anyone who wasn't sure
@jsant942 yes, bang on with the cards, but i think it "For a minute, thought I couldn't tell how to FOLD out" so he did know how to leave the relationship. "It's 20 seconds til the last CALL", call again being a card game/poker reference. Then I think it's "Fold it, Fold it,, Fold it, Folding", so Do it, Do it, Do it, doing it.
@jsant942 yes, bang on with the cards, but i think it "For a minute, thought I couldn't tell how to FOLD out" so he did know how to leave the relationship. "It's 20 seconds til the last CALL", call again being a card game/poker reference. Then I think it's "Fold it, Fold it,, Fold it, Folding", so Do it, Do it, Do it, doing it.
"It's not a miracle we needed" could also reference needing a good card to win a hand (river poker)
"It's not a miracle we needed" could also reference needing a good card to win a hand (river poker)
"No, I wouldn't let you think so", bluffing about his hand of cards.
What you all think?