Andrew said in an interview that this song was in reference to his wife. "It's not exactly her middle name, but something close." Everything else in the song is pretty simple after that. I suppose it refers to when he is on tour and away from her..?
The beginning part, I'm pretty sure, refers to in October of 07 when Andrew had to cancel a few shows. Hence, "it started feeling like October." He said in the same interview that he wrote this after he came home and decided he needed to take some things off his plate and focus on the record. "That was the first thing that came out. It was one of the quickest writes in the whole thing."
And then, obviously, there is the part about the Dear Jack Movie "so they made my life into a movie." I guess that is pretty self explanatory. But, for some reason, when I first heard that part it almost seemed to me like Andrew somewhat.. resented(?) the video. I don't know if that's the word I'm looking for. But it almost seemed to me that in the line "As if I could forget those years" Andrew wished he didn't have this constant reminder of his cancer. I have seen and read many interviews where Andrew talks about the Dear Jack Movie and I know that he doesn't actually despise this video or anything. But he has said that it is heavy, and difficult stuff for him to watch. And it has to be tough always getting asked questions and reminded about this horrible thing you went through. So, maybe, just for a second, he let a little resentment slip? I dunno. I'm probably wrong. That's just my take on it.
Andrew said in an interview that this song was in reference to his wife. "It's not exactly her middle name, but something close." Everything else in the song is pretty simple after that. I suppose it refers to when he is on tour and away from her..?
The beginning part, I'm pretty sure, refers to in October of 07 when Andrew had to cancel a few shows. Hence, "it started feeling like October." He said in the same interview that he wrote this after he came home and decided he needed to take some things off his plate and focus on the record. "That was the first thing that came out. It was one of the quickest writes in the whole thing."
And then, obviously, there is the part about the Dear Jack Movie "so they made my life into a movie." I guess that is pretty self explanatory. But, for some reason, when I first heard that part it almost seemed to me like Andrew somewhat.. resented(?) the video. I don't know if that's the word I'm looking for. But it almost seemed to me that in the line "As if I could forget those years" Andrew wished he didn't have this constant reminder of his cancer. I have seen and read many interviews where Andrew talks about the Dear Jack Movie and I know that he doesn't actually despise this video or anything. But he has said that it is heavy, and difficult stuff for him to watch. And it has to be tough always getting asked questions and reminded about this horrible thing you went through. So, maybe, just for a second, he let a little resentment slip? I dunno. I'm probably wrong. That's just my take on it.