my guess is that this song concerns an old relationship and aspirations for a new one. When they sing the lines:
"Look out
They’re coming after us with big guns
They’re only gonna tell you all the bad things I’ve done
Even if the words they say aren’t true,
They’ve won
Now I’m left here dying in the sun",
i think these lines are talking about how people and enemies are chasing after a guy and his girl making up lies or twisting truths so that she leaves him, which she ultimately does, evident by the "they've won, now i'm left here dying in the sun."
Then, he talks about how he is moving on with these lines:
"Late nights
Won’t do me justice
‘cause when I drink I
Just get so damn depressed and it’s
it’s not like I ain’t trying to get over you
it’s just hard to look at all the seasons pass me over too"
The guy has been stuck on her, drinking and not sleeping, but he ultimately sees time wasting away (seasons) and decides he is sick of it and needs to move on.
The last unique stanza leaves me with the impression that he still needs some closure to finally move on, and also he wants to still be friends with the girl.
"One last
Phone call from you
It wouldn’t hurt much
Just like to hear your voice
And pretend to touch
Any inch of you that hasn’t said it all or read it all
I sung my life away"
He wants some closing words from her to know it's over, but he also is lovesick. The line "just like to pretend to touch any part of you that hasn't said it all or read it all," i believe he wants to find a fresh part of her that resembles her when they were together, but he realizes that he can only pretend, which is why he sings for relief.
As for the chorus, it still puzzles me. The title and repeated line "all the stars & boulevards aren't close enough to you" sounds to me like that guy in the song is lost (the reference to stars, like he is lost in space with no direction) and needs direction (boulevards) to her, whether it be a new girl or the old one. And by saying they aren't close enough to her, he could mean that he can't get far enough away from her, but also that he can't find his way back to her heart. The pieces of the chorus that say "I'm all eyes on that home, seem like i'm never coming home" maybe mean something like he sees what he wants, but he can't get it, for reasons i don't kno yet.
Sorry for typos, please tell me what you think
my guess is that this song concerns an old relationship and aspirations for a new one. When they sing the lines: "Look out They’re coming after us with big guns They’re only gonna tell you all the bad things I’ve done Even if the words they say aren’t true, They’ve won Now I’m left here dying in the sun", i think these lines are talking about how people and enemies are chasing after a guy and his girl making up lies or twisting truths so that she leaves him, which she ultimately does, evident by the "they've won, now i'm left here dying in the sun." Then, he talks about how he is moving on with these lines: "Late nights Won’t do me justice ‘cause when I drink I Just get so damn depressed and it’s it’s not like I ain’t trying to get over you it’s just hard to look at all the seasons pass me over too" The guy has been stuck on her, drinking and not sleeping, but he ultimately sees time wasting away (seasons) and decides he is sick of it and needs to move on. The last unique stanza leaves me with the impression that he still needs some closure to finally move on, and also he wants to still be friends with the girl. "One last Phone call from you It wouldn’t hurt much Just like to hear your voice And pretend to touch Any inch of you that hasn’t said it all or read it all I sung my life away" He wants some closing words from her to know it's over, but he also is lovesick. The line "just like to pretend to touch any part of you that hasn't said it all or read it all," i believe he wants to find a fresh part of her that resembles her when they were together, but he realizes that he can only pretend, which is why he sings for relief.
As for the chorus, it still puzzles me. The title and repeated line "all the stars & boulevards aren't close enough to you" sounds to me like that guy in the song is lost (the reference to stars, like he is lost in space with no direction) and needs direction (boulevards) to her, whether it be a new girl or the old one. And by saying they aren't close enough to her, he could mean that he can't get far enough away from her, but also that he can't find his way back to her heart. The pieces of the chorus that say "I'm all eyes on that home, seem like i'm never coming home" maybe mean something like he sees what he wants, but he can't get it, for reasons i don't kno yet. Sorry for typos, please tell me what you think