It's so interesting that now I understand these lyrics, a year after someone has played me it. I finally have figured it out:
I wrote a letter on a nothing day
I asked somebody "Could you send my letter away?"
"You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope"
(This obviously has to do with falling in love and then realizing somehow this person isn't the one for you. And someone/gut feeling saying that you're too young to put all of your love in one person)
I said goodbye to someone that I love
It's not just me, I tell you it's the both of us
And it was hard
Like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy
(This talks about the attachment you have to this person, like the fact they were in your life was the reason why the sun rose...and leaving them was like being alone in a damp forest)
Someone above has seen me do alright
Someone above is looking with a tender eye
Upon her face, you may think you're alone but you may think again
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy
They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes
On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend
If she wants me
(This is talking about going off and finding himself, making mistakes, falling in love but creating something tangible and real and if he can do this he'd be happy forever. Or he could hang out with his love and be equally as happy...but he's choosing creation over love)
And far away somebody read the letter
He condescends to read the words I wrote about him
And if he smiles, it's no more than a genius deserves
For all his curious nerve and his passion
(Someone in the future finds the person and this person only knowing love can only show love...so they "found his letter" and thinks it for them. He commends you on this by saying you're intelligent in thinking so and your passion is beautiful...but he knows the feelings aren't for her)
I'm going deaf, you're growing melancholy
Things fall apart, I don't know why we bother at all
But life is good and "It's always worth living at least for a while"
(The part the new relationship begins to fall apart, because this person is not the best friend from the chorus)
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy
They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes
On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend
If she wants me
If you think to yourself "What should I do now?"
Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it
There is no point in standing in the past cause it's over and done with
(you're not what I want, it's over, don't dwell and move forward!)
I took a book and went into the forest
I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you
But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home
(I tried to find you, but you're too wild/lost/free/different than I am. I tried to be what you wanted but when I ultimately saw you, I realized I didn't know you at all...)
This is how someone dumped me. And now I get it haha. But that's my two cents
It's so interesting that now I understand these lyrics, a year after someone has played me it. I finally have figured it out:
I wrote a letter on a nothing day I asked somebody "Could you send my letter away?" "You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope" (This obviously has to do with falling in love and then realizing somehow this person isn't the one for you. And someone/gut feeling saying that you're too young to put all of your love in one person)
I said goodbye to someone that I love It's not just me, I tell you it's the both of us And it was hard Like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy (This talks about the attachment you have to this person, like the fact they were in your life was the reason why the sun rose...and leaving them was like being alone in a damp forest)
Someone above has seen me do alright Someone above is looking with a tender eye Upon her face, you may think you're alone but you may think again
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend If she wants me (This is talking about going off and finding himself, making mistakes, falling in love but creating something tangible and real and if he can do this he'd be happy forever. Or he could hang out with his love and be equally as happy...but he's choosing creation over love)
And far away somebody read the letter He condescends to read the words I wrote about him And if he smiles, it's no more than a genius deserves For all his curious nerve and his passion (Someone in the future finds the person and this person only knowing love can only show love...so they "found his letter" and thinks it for them. He commends you on this by saying you're intelligent in thinking so and your passion is beautiful...but he knows the feelings aren't for her) I'm going deaf, you're growing melancholy Things fall apart, I don't know why we bother at all But life is good and "It's always worth living at least for a while" (The part the new relationship begins to fall apart, because this person is not the best friend from the chorus)
If I could do just one near perfect thing I'd be happy They'd write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes On second thoughts I'd rather hang about and be there with my best friend If she wants me
If you think to yourself "What should I do now?" Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it There is no point in standing in the past cause it's over and done with (you're not what I want, it's over, don't dwell and move forward!)
I took a book and went into the forest I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home (I tried to find you, but you're too wild/lost/free/different than I am. I tried to be what you wanted but when I ultimately saw you, I realized I didn't know you at all...)
This is how someone dumped me. And now I get it haha. But that's my two cents