Handwritten

I'd say it's about... music. And how much music can mean.

In the first verse, I think he's addressing the listener. What's your favorite song? He know's there's someone waiting for his songs, holding their breath and waiting for the songs that can heal them, really speak to them. And he's holding his breath too. Maybe waiting for the song that can really heal him to come out from within himself.

Then in the chorus, he talks about actually writing these songs. Every word handwritten. He writes for a lot of reasons: to ease the loss of youth, to ease how long he has missed someone, to plead forgiveness. But whatever he's writing about, it's handwritten. From heart to limb to pen. Nothing else in between.

"There's nothing like another soul that's been cut up the same." When you really connect with a song, there's nothing like the writer knowing exactly the words to describe what you are feeling. They've been there too. There's a connection ("take a hold of my hand"). He asks the listener /someone else if they want to drive without a word in between, with just the music playing. The music (maybe his) that has the power to sew up the seams.

I think the end just stresses again the connection that music can give us. With this pen, with this song, "I thee wed." To wed someone is to have a deep connection with them. I think us listening to his songs represents that bond. From his heart, to his limb, to his pen, to our ears, to our hearts. When you listen to these songs, it doesn't feel too far.