Brand New - The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows Lyrics Meaning

I think "the quiet things no one ever knows" is more of a reference to the things in a marriage or love that they don't share, the hard times.

"we saw the western coast, I saw the hospital nurse the shoreline like a wound. reports of a lover's tryst were neither clear nor descript, we kept it safe and slow the quiet things no one ever knows, so keep the blood in your head and your feet on the ground, if today's the day it gets tired then today's the day we drop out, gave up my body in bed for an empty hotel, wasted words on lower cases and capitals."

I'm thinking it's more like the video, there was an accident and the girl got hurt, "reports of a lover's tryst were neither clear nor descript," maybe that's what the cops were trying to mark it off as, a lover's tryst or a lover's leap.

He's going through all these things in his head, thinking about past memories, praying for her to come out fine, "keep the blood in your head, keep your feet on the ground."

Then he goes into thinking about their wedding that they may never have, the life they may never live. Her friends are boring him, her veil is ruined, a completly horrible wedding that they'll never forget and love for the rest of their lives, even though it was bad. How eventually they'll get to the point where their in a nice little rut and they won't have anything left to say, and their kids will be the ones to blame.

I lie for only you, I'm pretty sure from what I've heard about Brand New's and TBS's history, Jesse doesn't like Liars, maybe that's his way of saying if you survive I'll love you enough to lower myself to lying.

...maybe