I love reading lyrics. I would tear songs apart and analyze them all day if I had the time. The last one I digested was “Calling All Cars” by Senses Fail. Read the first verse and chorus:

“Calling all cars we’ve got another victim,
‘Cause my love has become an affliction,
What did you expect from me? What did you expect from me?

I’m sorry but I think I failed to mention
That I lied at my very first confession
What did you expect from me? Well What did you expect from me?

‘Cause this has been building since I have been breathing,
And I know how it’s going to end.

So will you scatter my ashes where they won’t be found?
I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down.
(And now that I’m gone) Try to forget me and just move on.
So will you scatter my ashes where they won’t be found?
I kept my word and you hate me for it now,
(But you knew all along) Try to forget me and just move on.”

It’s about a long overdue relationship that finally came to end; one of the partners is relieved (the one who can’t seem to commit), one is obviously not. I’m sure we’ve all felt this way before. Don’t you feel what the writer feels when you read it? Try doing that to other songs you never gave the time of day to and you’ll be surprised.