8 X 10 Lyrics

Lyric discussion by somethingliketreclo 

Cover art for 8 X 10 lyrics by Fefe Dobson

I always thought this was a song about divorce. Like, they're married, and they love each other, but they just can't make it work. The "8X10" that he needed to sign always seemed like divorce papers (regardless that white paper is 8 1/2 X 11, 8 X 10 sounds way better).

"Now all I wanna do is show ya, yeah How to turn the darkness into light"

It sounds like what she wants to do is help him not hurt, even though she is too because they both still love each other.