The song Exonerate by The Hails is about a relationship where one person is constantly unreliable and doesn't seem to get things right. The speaker is frustrated with this and wants to leave, but doesn't want to be cruel about it. They don't want to beat the other person to the "punch line" and want to give them a chance to try and get things right. However, the other person never seems to do so, hence the repeated line "But you never seem to get it right". The title "Exonerate" suggests that the speaker wants to be let off the hook or cleared of any wrongdoing, as it is ultimately the other person's fault that the relationship isn't working out. Overall, the song is about the struggle of trying to make a relationship work with someone who doesn't seem to be putting in the effort.
