He says he doesn’t have cat in this meaning that he doesn’t have pussy in him, he isn’t a coward, because he’s a top dog (Top Dawg Ent., the label he’s on)

Cat in this is a play on words of Katniss (Everdeen) in the popular book “The Hunger Games” in which a couple poeple from each district are chosen to compete in the Hunger Games or, as Katniss did, they volunteer, which is rare.

Hunger Games for Ab-Soul means surviving hunger and coming out on top in a rough environment.

Fun Fact: This is Ab’s favorite punchline on the album.

Another Fun Fact: The ‘HiiiPoWeR’ hand gesture is the same that is used in The Hunger Games.

There are mixed emotions when it comes to the end of the relationship. It’s beautiful to her, as she is free again and doesn’t feel that she lost anyone, but the men she leaves are left trying to pick up the pieces of their failed romance. It’s possible that they are also happy that its over, however, as they can move on to find a more committed and faithful partner.

P!ATD isn’t the first artist to write about looking back on the beauty and sadness surrounding a relationship and its end, with Taylor Swift’s “Sad Beautiful Tragic” echoing some of the same sentiments found within these lines.

The mention of a fall out may be a shout-out to Fall Out Boy, whose bassist, Pete Wentz, was the one to discover Panic!. Similarly, some fans suspect that Fall Out Boy may have given Panic! a shout-out in “Miss Missing You”.

Brendon told MTV that this song is a person with some promiscuous habits:

When I was younger, I would mess around; I’d sleep with one girl one night, sleep with her friend the next night, and not care about how they felt, or how I made them feel. And then it happened to me and I realized ‘Wow, that’s what that feels like? I feel really shitty.’ I knew I had to change, because I didn’t want to feel that way again, or make other people feel that way, so I wrote the song. It’s based off someone who is real, though I don’t think they would know it. They might suspect it, and if they figure it out, I’d love to talk to them about it.

The “victims” this girl found are the people she sleeps with, who she abandons in the morning, and since she “didn’t leave a mark” no one will have any idea where to find her, so she won’t face any repercussions for her actions.

Hopefully she closed the goddamn door!

Saying that Miss Jackson has a “face like heaven” adds an interesting juxtaposition, since she’s got some devious habits. She might use this false air of innocence and purity to lure in her aforementioned “victims.”

To catch lightning in a bottle means to do something that is very difficult. This could be another reference to her beauty and wit, but it could also be sexual in meaning, with her nightgown being a form of lingerie.

He feels alone without this woman and as a result lacks a motivation to continue living. This only deepens the regret over his faux pas, manifesting itself in ways greater than just losing sleep.

Additionally, he may feel as if he’s trapping her in a relationship or in his state of depression. He doesn’t even want to be himself, so why should she want him? He’s isolated himself, and trapping her inside it with him would be wrong.

This hook contains a nod to Janet Jackson’s “Nasty,” in which Janet sings:

My first name ain’t baby, it’s Janet
Miss Jackson if you’re nasty

The girl in the story is “nasty,” both sexually and personality-wise. Interestingly, Janet Jackson wanted to avoid nasty boys, but Brendon wants this nasty girl.

This line is a reference to the myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pond until he fell inside and died (depending on the version, he drowns intentionally). The lyric warns that the vanity of Miss Jackson might be the end of her, because someone else might do the same to her—try to run out on them before they run out on you. This might be the fears she has and her motivation to go from one guy to the next.

In this line Brendon is saying that the one-night-stand lifestyle of Miss Jackson may seem like a “pretty picture” (nice in the moment), but the repercussions of that lifestyle hurt people and overwhelm the idea of a fun time. The repercussions are the scenery in the picture, so loud and distracting that it makes the prettiness of the picture irrelevant.