Lyrics Bruised - Commentary - Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness

Bruised is a breakup song set to the backdrop of a vacation gone awry.
This, this couple has, has ended up going away
For, uh, for a weekend or so
In the middle of a time
Where they probably would be better served
Going away from each other for a while
And, uh, it sort of follows that experience of getting on an airplane
When you know you′re almost,
When you're coming home to really separate, in a sense.
And for me, lyrically,
It is one of the more heartbreaking songs I′ve written and it-it...
What I love, I think,
The most about this song is that it takes that heartbreak in there
But it sets into this, this really up-tempo sort of rhythm, um
That I think carries it through and almost anchors the song
And still makes it visceral and and
Balances out, I think, the heaviness of the lyric.