I don't really have a clue. But if you dig really deep into the lyrics then it seems that he is getting away from everything to somewhere iscolated, possibly the seaside(a whisper from the wind/crashing of the white waves) and trying to learn from his previous mistakes by getting to know himself and becoming someone new(painting a picture of myself). He's trying to be a sort of agony aunt to people going down the same route as he did(I can't help but listen/I'll always be here for another). So becoming this renewed person has made him feel enlightened(This is all I need to feel alive).
Probably a very stupid theory, but it's all I could get from the lyrics
I don't really have a clue. But if you dig really deep into the lyrics then it seems that he is getting away from everything to somewhere iscolated, possibly the seaside(a whisper from the wind/crashing of the white waves) and trying to learn from his previous mistakes by getting to know himself and becoming someone new(painting a picture of myself). He's trying to be a sort of agony aunt to people going down the same route as he did(I can't help but listen/I'll always be here for another). So becoming this renewed person has made him feel enlightened(This is all I need to feel alive).
Probably a very stupid theory, but it's all I could get from the lyrics