Emmylou

I feel like he is telling the woman he loves that she doesn't need to be scared of anything because he is there and he will love and protect her!:) And also that he doesn't feel scared since he's had her, so she shouldn't be scared either!

I think he's talking to his little daughter. He's telling her that's it's ok to be scared, that he's there now. He tells her over and over how much he loves her and how much she means to him. She wears her socks to bed just like he does, and he notices that and it makes him love her even more, to see how they are the same.

I know this probably wasn't Vance Joy's intention, but this song reminds me very much of someone dear to me who committed suicide in his 20s. I stumbled upon this song just a few days after it happened and it just sounded like what I'd like to have told him if I knew what he was going through - don't be scared, I'm like you, I'm here for you, your existence helps me cope, you are loved. So painful.

I know this probably wasn't Vance Joy's intention, but this song reminds me very much of someone dear to me who committed suicide in his 20s. I stumbled upon this song just a few days after it happened and it just sounded like what I'd like to have told him if I knew what he was going through - don't be scared, I'm like you, I'm here for you, your existence helps me cope, you are loved. So painful.

So it may have not been his intention by I believe this song is about me cause I wear my socks to bed