(Probably about Ann Marie, might not be. It doesn't really matter. I usually take Adam Young's songs as fiction)
I think it's about loss and sacrifice. He let her go, so he wasn't stuck (per se) with him, so she could lead a better life (or something). I think it's a v. sad song ("So I suggested we'd grow up fast and not be the last
And look where we are" - here he is, all alone. While she's somewhere doing what she told him). He knows he did the right thing by letting her go but it sill hurts him & the thought of her is haunting him ("with no connection I saw your reflection at home in my bedroom mirror"). He's recalling the dreams they had together ("longing to live in between the earth and the stars") & the times they had together while he's alone. It makes him feel better.
I think it's in a POV of an ageing man, who hasn't found true love since them, A bit like Katy Perry's The One That Got Away (but better, much better)
(Probably about Ann Marie, might not be. It doesn't really matter. I usually take Adam Young's songs as fiction) I think it's about loss and sacrifice. He let her go, so he wasn't stuck (per se) with him, so she could lead a better life (or something). I think it's a v. sad song ("So I suggested we'd grow up fast and not be the last And look where we are" - here he is, all alone. While she's somewhere doing what she told him). He knows he did the right thing by letting her go but it sill hurts him & the thought of her is haunting him ("with no connection I saw your reflection at home in my bedroom mirror"). He's recalling the dreams they had together ("longing to live in between the earth and the stars") & the times they had together while he's alone. It makes him feel better.
I think it's in a POV of an ageing man, who hasn't found true love since them, A bit like Katy Perry's The One That Got Away (but better, much better)