JD once said about this song - "He really loves the person he's talking to, but at the same time he will never be entirely comfortable with anyone, and it's really terrible" - I'm not sure that's the complete quote but it is pretty close.
So I think this reflects that the guy in the song has to "learn" terms of endearment and "invent" secrets - he loves this person but he can't express it naturally so he feels he has to come up with ways to do it.
Also the "I want to go home/ but I am home". He knows he belongs with this person, he really loves her, but not being able to be natural and comfortable with her separates him from her, when she=home and where he truly belongs, and he really "wants" to be able to be comfortable with her.
He is with her, he is home, but he knows he is not truly with her, because she loves him in addition to the foreign and exotic and secrets.
But I'm also betting that she knows and is exactly the same with him, because of the "we" that he uses. So they have that at least.
JD once said about this song - "He really loves the person he's talking to, but at the same time he will never be entirely comfortable with anyone, and it's really terrible" - I'm not sure that's the complete quote but it is pretty close. So I think this reflects that the guy in the song has to "learn" terms of endearment and "invent" secrets - he loves this person but he can't express it naturally so he feels he has to come up with ways to do it. Also the "I want to go home/ but I am home". He knows he belongs with this person, he really loves her, but not being able to be natural and comfortable with her separates him from her, when she=home and where he truly belongs, and he really "wants" to be able to be comfortable with her. He is with her, he is home, but he knows he is not truly with her, because she loves him in addition to the foreign and exotic and secrets. But I'm also betting that she knows and is exactly the same with him, because of the "we" that he uses. So they have that at least.