anonymous January 18th, 2009 03:11PM  
I firmly see the song as about a guy who is awkward socially and hopeless at relationships. The music video shows nerds trying to fit in at a dance, but are hopelessly lost socially. She ends up feeling sorry for him but he "only wants sympathy in the form of [her] crawling into bed with [him]"

She says she's no good with words but I'm worse (she says she's awkward socially and no good with words, but he feels he is much worse than her)
Barely stuttered out
"A joke of a romantic" or stuck to my tongue(once again, he is hopeless at relationships, awkwardly stuttering his words which stick to his tounge and calls himself "a joke of a romantic")
Weighed down with words too over-dramatic(same stuff as before, ect)
Tonight it's "it can't get much worse"
Vs. "no one should ever feel like.."(he knows he's gonna blow it tonight and it can't get much worse and no one should have to feel like this)

later in the song.....

Why don't you show me the little bit of spine
You've been saving for his mattress (she is after another guy but he wants to have sex with her anyways)
I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me (he knows she feels sorry for him, but all he wants from it is sex)