My interpretation of the song is very different from what others have said, so I wanted to pipe in. What I get from the lyrics is that there is a person emotionally damaged somehow. This person knows that they aren't getting better, this person is doing the best thing they can to get better that they know how, though. The person has remained silent in their experience until meeting a person (I have no place to be awkward and silent), perhaps with a shared experience (perhaps a loss, perhaps a lover or a friend). "Some kind of future that I can be sure of..." - whether this is a future with a loved one or this is just the literal sense there is hope for a future. That's how it strikes me. The lyrics describe desolation, despair, drowning, uncertainty, fear, troubled thoughts ... the symbolism about the radio that we hear and there's nothing good on the radio it's just really really powerful to me. It is as though the turmoil can't get out of repeat out of his head. But the person referenced in the song is the anchor.It seems like the repetition "because I love you" could be self-referencing rather than referencing someone else. It didn't occur to me that it could be referencing another as the logical (for me) ending to this song is that the person has found hope and is willing to love themselves.
My interpretation of the song is very different from what others have said, so I wanted to pipe in. What I get from the lyrics is that there is a person emotionally damaged somehow. This person knows that they aren't getting better, this person is doing the best thing they can to get better that they know how, though. The person has remained silent in their experience until meeting a person (I have no place to be awkward and silent), perhaps with a shared experience (perhaps a loss, perhaps a lover or a friend). "Some kind of future that I can be sure of..." - whether this is a future with a loved one or this is just the literal sense there is hope for a future. That's how it strikes me. The lyrics describe desolation, despair, drowning, uncertainty, fear, troubled thoughts ... the symbolism about the radio that we hear and there's nothing good on the radio it's just really really powerful to me. It is as though the turmoil can't get out of repeat out of his head. But the person referenced in the song is the anchor.It seems like the repetition "because I love you" could be self-referencing rather than referencing someone else. It didn't occur to me that it could be referencing another as the logical (for me) ending to this song is that the person has found hope and is willing to love themselves.