This song is about the difficulties involved in maintaining a long-distance relationship:
"Put your sweet fingers a little closer to the keyboard
...you bat your eyelids from across the ocean
...you send your flare to the horizon
...We pass like ships in the night"
It's obvious that he really wants the relationship to work out and would do anything to make it so but doesn't know where he stands with regard to the other person: "I don't even know if I'll be welcome". Hence the Mr. Benn reference "But what if I appeared as if by magic? Just like in Mr Benn".
This song is about the difficulties involved in maintaining a long-distance relationship:
"Put your sweet fingers a little closer to the keyboard ...you bat your eyelids from across the ocean ...you send your flare to the horizon ...We pass like ships in the night"
It's obvious that he really wants the relationship to work out and would do anything to make it so but doesn't know where he stands with regard to the other person: "I don't even know if I'll be welcome". Hence the Mr. Benn reference "But what if I appeared as if by magic? Just like in Mr Benn".
Beautiful song. Great band.