right on, Livvy. the way I see it, the speaker in this song isn't so much brooding over how much he's going to miss his lover as much as he's reassuring his lover that he'll always be thinking of her. it kind of feels like a collection of sweet nothings you whisper into you lovers' ear before you're about to leave on a trip, "I'll write home every day" and stuff like that.
but when he says "I'll pretend that I'm kissing the lips I am missing", does he mean that he's going to be kissing other girls while he's away, and pretending that he's kissing her? I guess that's kind of sweet in a way...
right on, Livvy. the way I see it, the speaker in this song isn't so much brooding over how much he's going to miss his lover as much as he's reassuring his lover that he'll always be thinking of her. it kind of feels like a collection of sweet nothings you whisper into you lovers' ear before you're about to leave on a trip, "I'll write home every day" and stuff like that.
but when he says "I'll pretend that I'm kissing the lips I am missing", does he mean that he's going to be kissing other girls while he's away, and pretending that he's kissing her? I guess that's kind of sweet in a way...