Basically yeah, contemplating on an old relationship of some sort. He's saying it's time to let go of the memories... but what new memories will rise to take the place of the ones that seem so important now?
I really like how he uses the phrase "second hand impressions", to describe memory. I've never heard it put quite that way before, but it is eerily true. When living in the present, in any given situation you only have your personal impression of reality... and when remembering, it's not even first hand anymore. Your getting that impression filtered through another source, perhaps altered even.
Basically yeah, contemplating on an old relationship of some sort. He's saying it's time to let go of the memories... but what new memories will rise to take the place of the ones that seem so important now?
I really like how he uses the phrase "second hand impressions", to describe memory. I've never heard it put quite that way before, but it is eerily true. When living in the present, in any given situation you only have your personal impression of reality... and when remembering, it's not even first hand anymore. Your getting that impression filtered through another source, perhaps altered even.