This is definitely Ed's own story of moving to London and all the hardships of trying to make a living out of singing. But you also get to understand how he was lost in the city at first and trying to feel comfortable ("this is now my home") but at the end it turns out that you really can't force that ("this is NOT my home.") And of course being a teenager at the time he was happy to be out the influence of his parents ("can't control what I'm into.")
This is definitely Ed's own story of moving to London and all the hardships of trying to make a living out of singing. But you also get to understand how he was lost in the city at first and trying to feel comfortable ("this is now my home") but at the end it turns out that you really can't force that ("this is NOT my home.") And of course being a teenager at the time he was happy to be out the influence of his parents ("can't control what I'm into.")
I also love the Sticky Studios version which has another verse which just makes the meaning even clearer. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQzvmkuINs )