This song is about a wife who finally finds out about her husband’s affair, and is astonished at how cliche and ordinary it is. She continues thinking about how she feels about being cheated on in the next song on the album, “Second Best”.
[Verse 1]
It's so priceless when you say you have to work late
When we both know you're at a motel
Here's the thing that's so much more depressing
Than the infidelity itself
[Chorus]
Darling, you are so unoriginal
Each move more obvious than the one before it
[Verse 2]
You know I always said that I would kill you
If I ever caught you stepping out
Now I see I did not know the half of
What hatred and revenge were all about
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
And I guess I could be bigger but I'd rather make you pay
[Outro]
Darling, you are so unoriginal
You'll see that I can be so unoriginal just like you
Rehearsal was written by David Bazan.
Pedro The Lion released Rehearsal on Tue Apr 16 2002.