From the album Malcolm Todd (still)
This is a song about pretending you're too cool for someone while your fly is literally down. Malcolm Todd builds the whole thing around that gap between what you project and what you're actually dealing with. The narrator keeps trying to look smooth while admitting he shares a car with his mom and can't stop drooling.
You told me you think that I smell good, then told me zip up my fly
The compliment comes first, then the wardrobe malfunction. That order matters because it shows how close he gets to looking put-together before reality kicks in. One detail ruins the whole illusion.
You're so cool / You like reading and swimming in the pool / I'm so eager / I keep staring and wiping off my drool
He lists the most normal activities like they're impressive achievements. The drool line admits he can't even play it smooth in his own head. No pretense survives that long.
Well that's a front, I know, I think that I'm in love / Because the second that I fall out of bed, I wanna
He calls himself out mid-song. The coolness was always a front and he knows it. Falling out of bed is the least romantic way to describe waking up, which makes the love confession land harder.
I wanna kiss you in the back of my car that I barely drive / Because I share it with my mom and my mom's busy all the time
Most songs would just say backseat makeout. This one explains the entire car-sharing arrangement with his mom. He can't help adding embarrassing context even when it kills the moment.
This is what happens when you try to act smooth but your brain won't stop providing footnotes. The song works because it never lets him recover. Every time he builds himself up, the next line takes him back down. That's closer to how it actually feels than any song about confidence.