Sabrina Carpenter's 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night' lyrics explained in full
29 August 2025, 11:09 | Updated: 29 August 2025, 17:00
Who is Sabrina Carpenter's 'We Almost Broke Up Again' about? Here's a full explanation of Sabrina's brutally honest 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night' lyrics.
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Just over a year after she dropped 'Short N' Sweet', the dazzling talent that is Sabrina Carpenter returned with 12 brand-new tracks in the form of 'Man's Best Friend'.
And, despite the title, Sabrina is anything but a man's best friend in this album as there's a clear gear change from the sometimes whimsical tracks in 'Short N' Sweet', which may reflect the state of Sabrina's love life when she wrote this record.
While fans believe many of the tracks on her last album were penned about her whirlwind romance with Shawn Mendes, it was speculated that tracks like 'Please Please Please', 'Bed Chem' and 'Juno' were written about her then-relationship with Barry Keoghan.
Now with Sabrina's relationship with Barry very clear over, 'Man's Best Friend' seems to lean more into the themes of her 'Short N' Sweet' tracks like 'Slim Pickins'. This is seen in songs like 'Manchild', 'Nobody's Son' and noticeably the brutally honest track 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night', which is why you're here.
Who are Sabrina Carpenter's 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night' lyrics about?
Sabrina's 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night' describes an unstable relationship that is constantly teetering on the edge of ending.
While Sabrina hasn't specified who the song is about, speaking about 'Man's Best Friend' in general, she said it was about "heartbreak, a celebration of disappointment" and "laughing at yourself and your poor choices as everything is falling apart.
She added: "It’s wondering how loyalty and love always gets you back to third wheeling".
Are Sabrina Carpenter's 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night' lyrics about Barry Keoghan?
Like mother Taylor Swift, who is a big inspiration to Sabrina, Sabrina often takes inspiration from her real life experiences to write her lyrics. This means her relationship with Barry could have inspired this song, but she has not confirmed this.
The lyrics, Called it a false alarm to all of our friends, Then we almost broke up again last night, reflect an on-again off-again relationship, which is how her and Barry's relationship was described by sources when they were first rumoured to have split.
In August last year, after a report by gossip page Deux Moi, a source told People that Sabrina and Barry's relationship had been "on and off" in general.
Sabrina Carpenter - We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night (Official Lyric Video)
Sabrina Carpenter - 'We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night' lyrics
VERSE 1
"Bulls--- repeats itself," is that how the saying goes?
Been here a thousand times, selective memory though
I hear it in his eyes, he sees it in my tone
Is what it is and it's predictable
CHORUS
All the "I love yous" and "I'm sorrys" were said
We had our sex and then we made amends, that's right
Called it a false alarm to all of our friends
Then we almost broke up again last night
POST-CHORUS
(We almost)
(Got so close)
VERSE 2
And when I reach to pull the plug
I swear, it starts working out
And on the days I'm a little much
That's when I tell them how sweet he treats me
And how no other boys compete
I know how it looks, I know how it sounds
Least will give 'em something to talk about
CHORUS
All the "I love yous" and "I'm sorrys" were said ("Sorrys" were said)
We had our sex and then we made amends, that's right
Called it a false alarm to all of our friends
Then we almost broke up again last night
[GUITAR SOLO]
BRIDGE
You say we're driftin' apart
I said, "Yeah, I f------- know"
Big deal, we've been here before
And we'll be here tomorrow
La-la-la, oh
CHORUS
All the "I love yous" and "I'm sorrys" were said ("Sorrys" were said)
We had our sex and then we made amends, that's right
Called it a false alarm to all of our friends
Then we almost broke up again last night oh, woah
OUTRO
We almost broke up, we almost broke up, again
We almost broke up, we almost broke up, again
Gave me his whole heart and I gave him h--- and then
We almost broke up, we almost broke up
Yeah, we almost broke up again
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