Lyric discussion by neverlanding 

Cover art for Gone lyrics by A Great Big World

This song is so emotionally beautiful, the first time I heard it I couldn't get it out of my head. I think the meaning its almost too obvious, it's basically a suicide note. Like I feel he's debating or thinking about the act of killing himself and thinking, if I'm gone, what will the world be? And he goes and lists his relationships and his feelings and how he wants them to cope almost but it all ends with, they won't even know I'm gone. So it's his realizations and his list of things he has to ponder before he can follow through with what he's thinking of doing. But I think what happens is clear because the repetition of they/she/he/you won't even know I'm gone is your answer. Despite it all, me not being here won't have a true barring on their lives.

It's a heartbreaking song but it's also really beautiful in a tragically sad kinda way. Like I love this song even though it makes me feel really hurt for the muse it follows and honestly I cry listening to it. But I think it's a realization before suicide or if that's not correct then the muse is literally just leaving home or something and saying the same things with a little less emotional meaning problem. Though it was the tone of the singer's voice and the music that made me more keen on my first interpretation being the more relevant idea.

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