Someone That You're With

The speaker is attracted to a new neighbor and hopes to ask her out, but discovers that other people are already pursuing her. His feelings shift from eager anticipation to frustration and loneliness as he imagines her spending time with another man. The repeated wish to be her partner shows how strongly he wants closeness, though he has not yet established a relationship with her.

The idea of being in “second place” compares romance to a race: the speaker feels he is losing to rivals before he has had a chance to begin. He listens to her favorite songs and borrows things as excuses to talk, suggesting he is trying to create small opportunities for connection. Pacing by the phone conveys anxious waiting, while hearing her return late at night leads him to guess that she was with someone else.

The lyrics mix sincere longing with impatience and insecurity. The speaker says he would rather start slowly, yet he also feels he “has to” become the person she is with, which may suggest that his desire is overtaking his patience. His assumptions about where she has been are not confirmed, so the song presents these moments as his jealous fears rather than established facts.