“Tile By Tile” by Alvvays is a melancholic reflection on unrequited love and the despair that comes with it. The singer describes pacing the floors at night, tile by tile, step by step, until reaching a wall, representing the dead end she has reached in her pursuit of the one she loves. She has tried wholeheartedly to make a connection with this person but ends up on their lawn, most likely a metaphor for being rejected or shut out. “It’s reminiscent of some of the headspaces I’ve inhabited for previous records where it has that solitary, reeling energy. The original demo was just a full thought. We took it down several roads, tried to make it something that it wasn’t, and then reverted back to this woozy, moody verse. I think maybe the more recent element of the song is the way it explodes at the end. The lyrical approach is maybe pulled from older Alvvays, perspective-wise.“ – Molly Rankin, Dork Read more on Last.fm.