From the album Everything Glows
This is about someone who has convinced themselves they hate the addiction when really they are protecting it. The narrator calls their weakness involuntary but then admits to missing even the lies, which means the pull is not some outside force. It is a choice they keep making while pretending they have no control.
Something 'bout the way you move still lingers / Echoes of your voice burn through my mind
The person is gone but the narrator keeps replaying their ghost. Notice that nothing about this person is actually described. Just movement, just voice. The obsession is with the performance of them, not who they were.
I get weak when the sun goes down / Even though you're not around
Weak happens on a schedule. That means this is not about missing someone. It is about the ritual of reaching out when the day ends and there is nothing left to distract her.
Sometimes I even miss the lies you told me / Makes me think that I might like the pain
This line does all the work. She has been framing this as helplessness but now admits she might actually want the dysfunction. The lies were not a dealbreaker. They were part of the appeal.
Every time is the last time I play the fool / Every time is the last time I break the rules
Repeating this phrase over and over is the proof it is never true. If you have to convince yourself this many times that you are done, you are not done. The insistence becomes the evidence against itself.
The real tell is that the word love never appears. She calls it weakness, calls herself a fool, but will not name what she actually feels. That refusal is the only control she has left. If she admitted she still wants this person despite everything, she would have to own the choice instead of blaming her body for going weak.