Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
If not me
Find someone who loves you
And if not me
Find someone who knows who you are
They're just memories
They can get so mean
Little sacred things
Floating out to sea
I once knew a girl
She once knew me
We had our own world
My life was free
I loved someone
I set them free
They haven't yet come back to me
But if they do
I'll surely be
More lucky than anyone could be
An empty house
A sacrificial mouse
A head full of lead
Weighing all the things that she said
But I digress
My tunnel vision
Make me pay
I know what i'm missing
I once knew a girl
She once knew me
We had our own world
My life was free
I loved someone
I set them free
They haven't yet come back to me
But if they do
I'll surely be
More lucky than anyone could be
So won't you please
Find your way back to me
My one and only
Find your way back to me
I once knew a girl
She once knew me
We had our own world
I like what's free
I loved someone
I set them free
They haven't yet come back to me
But if they do
I'll surely be
More lucky than anyone could be
And if not me
Find someone who loves you
Find someone who loves you
And if not me
Find someone who knows who you are
They're just memories
They can get so mean
Little sacred things
Floating out to sea
I once knew a girl
She once knew me
We had our own world
My life was free
I loved someone
I set them free
They haven't yet come back to me
But if they do
I'll surely be
More lucky than anyone could be
An empty house
A sacrificial mouse
A head full of lead
Weighing all the things that she said
But I digress
My tunnel vision
Make me pay
I know what i'm missing
I once knew a girl
She once knew me
We had our own world
My life was free
I loved someone
I set them free
They haven't yet come back to me
But if they do
I'll surely be
More lucky than anyone could be
So won't you please
Find your way back to me
My one and only
Find your way back to me
I once knew a girl
She once knew me
We had our own world
I like what's free
I loved someone
I set them free
They haven't yet come back to me
But if they do
I'll surely be
More lucky than anyone could be
And if not me
Find someone who loves you
Lyrics submitted by foldsbaldwin, edited by Rioraku
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Anyway, this is my take:
"It's not me Find someone who loves you And if not me Find someone who knows who you are"
There's this girl who is completely taken by him. Though, he doesn't reciprocate, it's possible they're both strangers at the time. Maybe not even strangers - he just feels they don't know each other well enough. So he's telling her to find somebody else.
"They're just memories They can get so mean Little sacred things Floating out to sea"
"They're" might be everything she bases her love for him off of. Reasons, I guess. Though his reasoning is, "Oh, you just took them all the wrong way. You think they're really important, but look. There they go. Drifting away."
"I once knew a girl She once knew me We had our own world My life was free"
He's delving into his own past now.. this verse is self-explanatory, really.
"I loved someone I set them free They haven't yet come back to me But if they do I'll surely be More lucky than anyone could be"
Obviously it didn't work out with the girl he was remembering, but this is all recalling an old saying. "If you love something, set it free, if it comes back it's meant to be". Maybe it's a tad cynical..
"An empty house A sacrificial mouse A head full of lead Weighing all the things that she said"
Maybe they lived together at one point. Weighing all the things that she said, maybe he didn't do that when he was supposed to, back before they broke up.
"But I digress My tunnel vision Make me pay I know what I'm missing"
Looking back, he regrets not listening when he should have.
"So won't you please Find your way back to me My one and only Find your way back to me"
Self-explanatory.
"And if not me Find someone who loves you"
Basically, "If I can't have you anymore, be with someone who will at least treat you right." It makes you wonder if the girl in the beginning of the song is the same one he lost.