At first, I completely agreed with everyone here who said that this song was about love, but giving this song a few more goes over, I feel it's deeper than that.
Hutch had mentioned in interviews that this entire album was about death, meaning this song should be no different.
I think that this song is about how he feels he will leave behind loved ones after death.
I think he's comparing being dead to being at the bottom of the sea.
The love is there, but he will never be able to come up from the bottom of the sea(death) and show how much he loves that person back.
"I'm barely there for you" because he only exists as a fainting memory now.
At first, I completely agreed with everyone here who said that this song was about love, but giving this song a few more goes over, I feel it's deeper than that. Hutch had mentioned in interviews that this entire album was about death, meaning this song should be no different. I think that this song is about how he feels he will leave behind loved ones after death. I think he's comparing being dead to being at the bottom of the sea. The love is there, but he will never be able to come up from the bottom of the sea(death) and show how much he loves that person back. "I'm barely there for you" because he only exists as a fainting memory now.