Listening to this record, I picked up a lot more loneliness or longing than death.
There's a lot of that, too. There's a lot of love songs. "I Need My Girl" is one of the most direct, earnest love songs we've ever written. I wrote it about missing my wife and daughter. It's pretty simple. It's not about any other thing. And there's a lot of romance, a lot of pining
From an interview:
Listening to this record, I picked up a lot more loneliness or longing than death.
There's a lot of that, too. There's a lot of love songs. "I Need My Girl" is one of the most direct, earnest love songs we've ever written. I wrote it about missing my wife and daughter. It's pretty simple. It's not about any other thing. And there's a lot of romance, a lot of pining