I always thought it was that he finds the letter on a jacket that's been left on a train. I think that makes it more poignant, personally.
It's one of the more coherent roses songs (lyrically, I mean) and the fact that he's reading it all and is just an observer is quite a neat twist.
When I was at school in the mid nineties this was the tune for my first love so I always find it moving.
I always thought it was that he finds the letter on a jacket that's been left on a train. I think that makes it more poignant, personally. It's one of the more coherent roses songs (lyrically, I mean) and the fact that he's reading it all and is just an observer is quite a neat twist. When I was at school in the mid nineties this was the tune for my first love so I always find it moving.