The sarcasm is strong in this verse.

Taylor is saying that she is not going to miss him picking fights for no reason or the way she falls for it and fights back (when she should be smart enough to ignore him).

After they fight he takes some alone time to cool off and listens to some indie band that is soo cool (you’ve probably never heard of them…), which pisses Taylor off because she wants him listening to her own CDs.

When it comes to love, the xx don’t want to leave any secrets untold, because the more you reveal about yourself, the more your feelings will go “on and on” in a relationship.

Croft responding to her lover’s hindsight…sure, they would have been there, but they weren’t. Croft needed them there, and it’s too late to make amends.

A gothic sentiment: Oliver Sim believes that if he wakes up alone, he’ll feel miserable, and there will be no point in trying to get through the day. So you might as well just live in darkness.

The xx’s Madley Croft can see right through her significant other’s false pretenses; she knows what is really on her lover’s mind.

Clearly Oliver Sim knows how to use Skype.

Oliver Sim is defenseless against his lover. Anything she wants, he will do for her.

Oliver Sim confesses his loneliness. Even though he knows his former lover very well, they haven’t resolved their struggles — he still feels unloved, and wakes up alone.

Driving miles and miles with your friends is fun, and the possibilities of an open road are endless….UNTIL you go too far and get lost.

A vintage motel sign. You occasionally pass these motels when driving South of the border.