The Wrong Direction Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Guarimn 

Cover art for The Wrong Direction lyrics by Passenger

Once upon a time I to make love happen (but a lass love tends to spring up unexpected). I had believed I could manufacture it by doing certain things...It was foolish (:Anyway...I have some habits that keep people at arms length and I developed those habits at an early age-

I think this song is just about a person who developed a habit of hiding from rejection from a young age.

And perhaps he's just lamenting about how he's not getting the love he wants and needs because he's actually running away from it.

The wrong direction-It's running away.