wreck of the day

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And the light's always red in the rear-view
Desperately close to a coffin of hope
I'd cheat destiny just to be near you
If this is giving up, then I'm giving up
If this is giving up, then I'm giving up, giving up
On love, On love
AND IT BEGINS. This opening verse is using a car crash as a metaphor. She's talking about love's woes and suckiness, and how she's driving away from it. The car crash is symbolizing a failed relationship, and how you need to move on away from it.
"Desperately close to a coffin of hope, I'd cheat destiny just to be near you" is referring to the fact that in any relationship, you always have the hope that your crush/lover/whatever will love you back, and that you would do anything for that to happen.
Driving away from the wreck of the day
And I'm thinking 'bout calling on Jesus
'Cause love doesn't hurt so I know I'm not falling in love
I'm just falling to pieces
This verse should be pretty self-explanatory.
"Love doesn't hurt" This is true. Take the famous verse from the Bible which I cannot quote word for word because I'm a terrible person.
And maybe I'm not up for being a victim of love
When all my resistance will never be distance enough
"I'm not up for being a victim of love" Anna's talking about how she wasn't expecting/ready to be a casualty in the war we call love. She's singing about how it doesn't matter how much she tries to combat it, she can't get far enough away from it to completely forget about him
Driving away from the wreck of the day
And it's finally quiet in my head
Driving alone, finally on my way home to the comfort of my bed
And if this is giving up, then I'm giving up
If this is giving up, then I'm giving up, giving up
On love, On love
Anna's finally realized that there's no point in regretting failed relationship. She's finally found closure in the fact that she has nothing left there and she's going to go back home and forget him.

I don't own these lyrics. Anna Nalick's amazing.