Lyric discussion by greenlandIsMELTING 

Cover art for Cabin Fever lyrics by Mimicking Birds

This song goes through 3 repetitions and changes slightly each time - the lyrics above don't quite do that justice. For instance, "Only understood certain words" changes to "Never understood every word" and finally "I understood every word".

"Hard without you being here Hard without you near"

Very applicable to me currently. I'm desperately in love with someone who isn't near me. It's not long distance, but she isn't here. Despite being able to make me happy with a single glance, it's so hard to feel happy without her here. The absence of her is all I can think about, and what it means, and whether it'll ever change. I have an overactive imagination, one that takes words that are potentially meaningless and twists them in any way it can, against me.

"And all the rumours that I've heard
I understood every word"

To me, this is what that line's about; taking mumbled words, unclear messages, rumours, and turning them into final, concrete facts.

"Hard without you being here Much easier with you near"