The song tells the story of a man who is waiting alone at a bar for friends to arrive at a club. As he waits, constantly checking his phone, he grows increasingly drunk and anxious about where his friends are and why they are late. He suspects they are being held up by a girl one of his friends is seeing, and he grows more conscious of his surroundings. The song has an unconventional structure where the chorus comes in at relevant points in the story rather than following a typical verse-chorus pattern. It uses the artist's thoughts and rhetorical questions to help the listener understand and relate to the situation and feelings of being let down by friends.