This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the ideas lost inside your brain
coalescing and depressing
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the first time you said goodbye
without reason whispering backwards
and the physician is running at your side
and the magician is sitting at your side
and the physician is dying at your side
while the magician is dying at your side
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the ideas
lost inside your brain
coalescing and depressing
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the first time you said goodbye
without reason ain't the reason
and the physician is running at your side
and the magician is sitting at your side
and the physician is dying at your side
while the magician is dying at your side
no if it can't seem right
no if it don't seem right
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the first time you sailed away
into the darkness, stay
silver and snow
don't let it go
don't you ever
don't you ever
forever
forever
don't let it go
like the ideas lost inside your brain
coalescing and depressing
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the first time you said goodbye
without reason whispering backwards
and the physician is running at your side
and the magician is sitting at your side
and the physician is dying at your side
while the magician is dying at your side
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the ideas
lost inside your brain
coalescing and depressing
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the first time you said goodbye
without reason ain't the reason
and the physician is running at your side
and the magician is sitting at your side
and the physician is dying at your side
while the magician is dying at your side
no if it can't seem right
no if it don't seem right
silver and snow
don't let it go
like the first time you sailed away
into the darkness, stay
silver and snow
don't let it go
don't you ever
don't you ever
forever
forever
Lyrics submitted by michaelbondy
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