I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I'll meet you in the city
I'll pick you up at night
I'll drive you trough the suburbs
I'll get you there in time
I'll meet you in the city
I'll stay clear of the light
I'll get us through the checkpoints
Yeah, I know we'll be alright
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
And maybe we are sinners
But love, it ain't no crime
I'll get you through the checkpoints
I'll drive us through the night
You know I'll keep your secret
I've locked it up inside
As long as we are moving
Yeah, I know it'll be alright
Yeah, I know it'll be alright
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
I'll pick you up at night
I'll drive you trough the suburbs
I'll get you there in time
I'll meet you in the city
I'll stay clear of the light
I'll get us through the checkpoints
Yeah, I know we'll be alright
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
And maybe we are sinners
But love, it ain't no crime
I'll get you through the checkpoints
I'll drive us through the night
You know I'll keep your secret
I've locked it up inside
As long as we are moving
Yeah, I know it'll be alright
Yeah, I know it'll be alright
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh, Julian
Oh, Julian
I'll mend your heart
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This song makes me think of illegal immigration. Let me explain - The narrator is going to help Julian, her lover, cross the border between two countries. Pretty obvious here:
I'll meet you in the city I'll stay clear of the light I'll get us through the checkpoints Yeah, I know we'll be alright
Oh, Julian Once we get across the border Oh, Julian I'll mend your heart (she'll finally be able to love him the way she wants to) Oh, Julian Once we get across the border Oh, Julian I'll mend your heart
And maybe we are sinners (breaking the law) But love, it ain't no crime I'll get you through the checkpoints I'll drive us through the night (to avoid the cops)
You know I'll keep your secret I've locked it up inside (she won't tell anyone he's an illegal immigrant) As long as we are moving Yeah, I know it'd be alright (as long as they're one step ahead of the cops, no one can catch them)
I think the song pretty much speaks for itself, but I can see how other interpretations are there. For a while, I thought she was singing "Oh Julia" which put a homosexual twist on the "love ain't no crime" and made me think it was a different sort of border crossing - between the USA and Canada, so they could get married. But Julian is a latino name, which made me think of the Mexico-USA border. Hence this explanation.
@angelumcaedis <br /> <br /> It's obviously about some sort of immigration but you are very wrong in one aspect. Julian is not a latino name and I've no idea where you got that from.<br /> <br /> behindthename.com/name/julian<br /> <br /> Plus the singers are from Australia and Sweden so I see no ties to Mexico. All countries have borders. It's simply about two lovers from different nations striving to be together. No other specifics are needed nor are they supplied.