This song describes a breakup. The guy left, and his girl was hurt by him leaving ("Oh where have you been, oh where have you been"). The main singer is the guy and the side voices are the girl. So the guy comes back and the girl doesn't want him anymore because she doesn't want to be hurt anymore ("Oh where have you been if it hurts to be forgiving? Bye"). This makes the guy angry and sad, and he wants to get back with the girl ("Should we try this again with hope?"). So in the end the guy thinks that the girl just wanted to hurt him and won't ever go back to her again ("I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in").
This song is part of the overall story behind Coheed And Cambria's albums. At this part of the album, the writer of the story is distraught over his girlfriend rejecting his proposal and cheating on him to the point of insanity, so he decides to enter his story, because she is all he can think about anymore.
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