I think he moved away and it was hard for him to leave. He's toiling over whether he should move back home and he looks at it as a lose-lose. He's saying life is so much better where he moved to and this the 'way we won't' move back home. The song has a bittersweet nostalgic/embracing the melancholic present state of affairs and hat mesmerizing guitar riff leans towards the fucked either way deal he's describing.
I think he moved away and it was hard for him to leave. He's toiling over whether he should move back home and he looks at it as a lose-lose. He's saying life is so much better where he moved to and this the 'way we won't' move back home. The song has a bittersweet nostalgic/embracing the melancholic present state of affairs and hat mesmerizing guitar riff leans towards the fucked either way deal he's describing.