I think this song is about letting someone down or disappointing them by changing, or making a decision(s) that, to the other person, wasn't right. But to her, it made her "stronger yet".
Emily takes on the voice of a person who made a choice that she regrets yet she made this choice because, maybe she needed to, or she felt it was right.
Like @screamingly said, she takes risks on many of her decisions that turned out to be good. "Nothing I’ve ever done right happened on the safe side"
However, not all of these risks turn out in her favour, and this particular decision(s) in this song had a bad outcome in her family's eyes."It’s the other way, I’m missing everyone I know now". It seems she's become disconnected/distanced from her family
I think this song is about letting someone down or disappointing them by changing, or making a decision(s) that, to the other person, wasn't right. But to her, it made her "stronger yet".
Emily takes on the voice of a person who made a choice that she regrets yet she made this choice because, maybe she needed to, or she felt it was right.
Like @screamingly said, she takes risks on many of her decisions that turned out to be good. "Nothing I’ve ever done right happened on the safe side" However, not all of these risks turn out in her favour, and this particular decision(s) in this song had a bad outcome in her family's eyes."It’s the other way, I’m missing everyone I know now". It seems she's become disconnected/distanced from her family