In the Telephone album, the prevalent theme that Rob Grote (who I'm assuming writes the majority of the lyrics) always comes back to is the "loss" of the girl he loved/loves. She has moved on and is comfortable without him, and that is what's worst of all. Although she is living and well, all (Rob) knows is the girl that he had loved, and now that she has gone so abruptly and is an entirely different person, he can only reflect on her memories as if she were dead.
In a less elegant sense: You know when you've been dating someone for while, then you suddenly break-up and never see them again, so it strangely feels as if they died or something? It's as if one second you have all these hopes and aspirations to share with each other in the future, but in just an instant, it's all gone. At least, it is to Lyla.
Yet, he continues to yearn for what they once had.
In the Telephone album, the prevalent theme that Rob Grote (who I'm assuming writes the majority of the lyrics) always comes back to is the "loss" of the girl he loved/loves. She has moved on and is comfortable without him, and that is what's worst of all. Although she is living and well, all (Rob) knows is the girl that he had loved, and now that she has gone so abruptly and is an entirely different person, he can only reflect on her memories as if she were dead.
In a less elegant sense: You know when you've been dating someone for while, then you suddenly break-up and never see them again, so it strangely feels as if they died or something? It's as if one second you have all these hopes and aspirations to share with each other in the future, but in just an instant, it's all gone. At least, it is to Lyla.
Yet, he continues to yearn for what they once had.