One line in particular says to me this song is indeed about yearning for the past. He says
"You could come to me by plane, but that wouldn't be the same
as that old motel room in Texarkana was."
This says to me its about a relationship that only worked under certain circumstances. He's realizing whatever this is isn't going to work and it's purely in the past and that's it. Essentially he's just sort of drifting along in the present. As an earlier line indicates he has no sense of home. Seems like he just has fleeting memories of the past and that's all he has to work with.
One line in particular says to me this song is indeed about yearning for the past. He says
"You could come to me by plane, but that wouldn't be the same as that old motel room in Texarkana was."
This says to me its about a relationship that only worked under certain circumstances. He's realizing whatever this is isn't going to work and it's purely in the past and that's it. Essentially he's just sort of drifting along in the present. As an earlier line indicates he has no sense of home. Seems like he just has fleeting memories of the past and that's all he has to work with.