I think this song is about someone working in an office, living a dismal life with a boring job. But they fancy someone who has an office cubical 2 cubes down from him. He really likes her and can't stop thinking about her. The only view the office building has is a grey stained window, so he spends his time trying to write love notes and trying to figure out a way to tell her that he likes her. He also fantasises being with her, and doesn't have many friends. He doesn't talk to his co-workers ('spend my time with strangers') and the character in the song sounds generally very lonely.
One day the girl he has a crush on leaves and works somewhere else, leaving a 'vacant 3 by 4' office cubical. The main character gets depressed, and says how the bosses will just replace her with 'a temporary stand-in for [her] face'. He realises that with his lack of social skills and the woman of his dreams gone, he will hopelessly die alone.
I think this song is about someone working in an office, living a dismal life with a boring job. But they fancy someone who has an office cubical 2 cubes down from him. He really likes her and can't stop thinking about her. The only view the office building has is a grey stained window, so he spends his time trying to write love notes and trying to figure out a way to tell her that he likes her. He also fantasises being with her, and doesn't have many friends. He doesn't talk to his co-workers ('spend my time with strangers') and the character in the song sounds generally very lonely.
One day the girl he has a crush on leaves and works somewhere else, leaving a 'vacant 3 by 4' office cubical. The main character gets depressed, and says how the bosses will just replace her with 'a temporary stand-in for [her] face'. He realises that with his lack of social skills and the woman of his dreams gone, he will hopelessly die alone.