Discover the story of the song > Automatic Stop – The Strokes

The song talks about a situation where the protagonist and his partner were involved in a love triangle with another person. The protagonist realizes that he was moving too fast and didn't understand the situation before, but now has a different perspective and knows that his partner is the one he really wants. He tells the other person to wait and won't give up on his relationship, making it clear that he was never just friends with his partner.