To me, the song is about someone who is struggling to keep the dynamics of a friendship as is and not indulge in their own romantic feelings. Its done so in this person's head while they look at the person of their affection.
The song immediately starts off by her listing reasons why a romantic relationship would not work and she goes straight for the biggest items stereotyped for guys- guns, girls, gold.
The verse "All the boys, all the choices in the world" she's basically asking herself why out of all the boys do I have to fall for this one.
From the gambling verse, I get their friendship's history is long enough for both to have witnessed each others relationships falter and start new.
The bad girls bending reference would be the type of girls the friend goes after (which is the opposite of what she is).
She goes back to telling herself she just wants to be friends yet she knows she'll never be satisfied and will continue to want more from this friend.
She then goes back to listing other obvious male infatuations to justify why it wouldn't work- lace, skin, toys, tools.
"all the noise, all the voices, never stop" would be the nightmare-like movie playing in her head of all the girls coming in and out of her friend's life.
The final hook in the song is altered to include the line "while you're giving me a hard time." Whatever it is that this friend does to make her melt is being done unknowingly by him and she can't help but fall more for him each time.
I always felt a special thing for this song because it describes perfectly my situation (and thought process) over the past 2 years with my best friend.
To me, the song is about someone who is struggling to keep the dynamics of a friendship as is and not indulge in their own romantic feelings. Its done so in this person's head while they look at the person of their affection.
The song immediately starts off by her listing reasons why a romantic relationship would not work and she goes straight for the biggest items stereotyped for guys- guns, girls, gold.
The verse "All the boys, all the choices in the world" she's basically asking herself why out of all the boys do I have to fall for this one.
From the gambling verse, I get their friendship's history is long enough for both to have witnessed each others relationships falter and start new.
The bad girls bending reference would be the type of girls the friend goes after (which is the opposite of what she is).
She goes back to telling herself she just wants to be friends yet she knows she'll never be satisfied and will continue to want more from this friend.
She then goes back to listing other obvious male infatuations to justify why it wouldn't work- lace, skin, toys, tools.
"all the noise, all the voices, never stop" would be the nightmare-like movie playing in her head of all the girls coming in and out of her friend's life.
The final hook in the song is altered to include the line "while you're giving me a hard time." Whatever it is that this friend does to make her melt is being done unknowingly by him and she can't help but fall more for him each time.
I always felt a special thing for this song because it describes perfectly my situation (and thought process) over the past 2 years with my best friend.