Lyric discussion by blaze58 

Cover art for Sunny Road lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

Are the 'deserts' traveled a metaphor for a series empty or leading-to-nowhere relationships? The following line, of 'jokes aside' allude to a quest for something grand, 'traveled round through deserts on my horse', that really didn't amount to much real meaning for her.

My first hit on the lyric 'now heaven's closed its gates' was that the time for her chance to have kids passed by age or circumstance.

I never got the death of a partner hit from the lyrics, and it doesn't make sense for me with the closing lines of 'here's my address and number just in case'. It is still valid for the writer of this comment, as one could write a letter as an act of closing, or self fulfillment, or longing.

My Interpretation