Lyric discussion by razehate 

Cover art for Far Away lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson

i think this is about two separate people actually, the first woman is one half of the perfect marriage and one fifth of the ideal family but the routine is breaking her down she needs to escape, somewhere far away. still an island in the same blue bay though she knows she needs a change, but too drastic and it all falls apart

the second, a single girl looking for love in all the wrong places when she realizes that the boy she loves "from afar" it's all he cracked up to be up close she knows she needs a change of scenery so she heads far away some place where the boys are what they seem and the waters are a beautiful blue