Come On

The speaker feels that life has gone wrong since the relationship ended. Practical troubles—a broken car and losing a job—mix with loneliness and constant thoughts of the absent partner. The repeated “Come on” sounds like an urgent plea, first expressing frustration and longing, then becoming more focused on seeing the beloved again.

Several images make the speaker’s distress vivid. The phone ringing “sounds like thunder” because each call raises hope or anxiety, even though it turns out to be a wrong number. Wishing someone would hit and wreck the car is an exaggerated, comic way to show how overwhelmed the speaker feels, not necessarily a serious plan. “I can’t get started” refers literally to the car, but it also suggests feeling unable to move forward in life without the partner.

The lyrics combine genuine heartbreak with humor and repetition, so the speaker may sound both desperate and playfully dramatic. The claim that the two people belong to each other can express deep attachment, but it may also suggest possessiveness; the song does not explain how the other person feels. Overall, it presents separation as making ordinary problems seem worse, while leaving open whether reunion is possible.