Over My Head (Cable Car)

I know this song is about his brother, but I interpret it as a really hard break up where there's no one there for him.

I never knew I never knew that everything was falling through That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue To turn and run when all I needed was the truth

[As soon as he broke up with the girlfriend everyone just fled, no one wanted anything to do with him, it's like - fair weather friends, when everything is good they're there, but when it's bad they all flee.]

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

[He accepts the fact that they're are gonna be fake friends in life, and basically he says that he's learned that nothing can help that, but he also wants to see who's really his friend, and who's gonna still be there when things are bad.]

Everyone knows I'm in Over my head With eight seconds left in overtime She's on your mind

[Everyone knows that he's obviously still thinking about this girlfriend, and it's pushing them away because she's all he thinks about.]

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 wishes that he could just get rid of all thoughts of this girlfriend and forget about her (disengage0, and say that they agree on their break up, and that they can be just friends, but they know that it won't happen]

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

[They know it'll never happen, and he is afraid that she will find a new lover, and they're arguing about it]

Everyone knows I'm in Over my head With eight seconds left in overtime She's on your mind

[Same as before]

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

[So they break up, and he's a part of her past, and it's clear he's not gonna be in her life again, so without any effort they're just done.]

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

[They lose sight of what made them fall in love in the first place, and he never thought she wanted to break up.]

Everyone knows I'm in Over my head With eight seconds left in overtime She's on your mind

[Same as before]

I know this is a little out there, but I just went through a situation like this so...yeah.