This is one of my favorites. The lyric is effectively an “aren’t I better than that guy?” narrative, except the answer is no–the narrator had a chance and blew it. In the end, they now recognize there’s some bitter symmetry between their own mistakes and the expected failures/weaknesses of the follow up person.
At the start of writing it, I had an obtuse Elvis Costello-like lyric, packing way too much into 32 lines. It took me a bunch of months to finalize it, taking out planks in the narrative to compact the story. It was a definitely a challenge.
We took down “You Chose With Me” this week. Thanks again for listening.