This song is about a girl he loved who never quite became his lover, because it's "a letter to the one who slipped away, a letter for the things that never start". Everything else is how he feels about this person, in a wistful but not bittersweet way.
He writes this song "from a grounded aeroplane", which I think is a moment in his life where he takes a break from his busy life, like a delay in his flight. This is the moment that he remembers this someone, and all the things unsaid.
This song is about a girl he loved who never quite became his lover, because it's "a letter to the one who slipped away, a letter for the things that never start". Everything else is how he feels about this person, in a wistful but not bittersweet way.
He writes this song "from a grounded aeroplane", which I think is a moment in his life where he takes a break from his busy life, like a delay in his flight. This is the moment that he remembers this someone, and all the things unsaid.
Beautiful, poetic lyrics. McMahon is a genius.