The thing here is that most (American) break up songs deal with the endless misery... "Don't you know it's the end of the world, it ended when you said goodbye" sort of thing.
But this song, as written by probably the most British band ever, is aware that the misery is not endless, in a week and a half it's over. So it accepts the break up, put in proportion. It's not saying "don't be sad, there are plenty of fish in the sea!" or stupid things like that, cos we all know we can't avoid feeling bad. But it's gonna be over soon enough.
Furthermore, this maybe the best Art Brut song music-wise. It builds itself up and makes this witty non-singing singer sound like he's about to cry. Perfect.
The thing here is that most (American) break up songs deal with the endless misery... "Don't you know it's the end of the world, it ended when you said goodbye" sort of thing. But this song, as written by probably the most British band ever, is aware that the misery is not endless, in a week and a half it's over. So it accepts the break up, put in proportion. It's not saying "don't be sad, there are plenty of fish in the sea!" or stupid things like that, cos we all know we can't avoid feeling bad. But it's gonna be over soon enough.
Furthermore, this maybe the best Art Brut song music-wise. It builds itself up and makes this witty non-singing singer sound like he's about to cry. Perfect.