Lyric discussion by gren 

Cover art for Waltz #2 lyrics by Elliott Smith

The “I’m never gonna know you now, but I’m gonna love you anyhow” line always reminded me a LOT of the line from “Five years” by David Bowie about “I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor / drinking milkshakes cold and long / smiling and waving and looking so fine / don’t think you knew you were in this song”... that detached observer chord really struck for me here...