The lyrics and the music video together make me think this song is about a girl who is being wooed into marriage/seclusion by a man who loves her, but she feels like she is drowning, focused instead of the "city" - which could be past lovers, freedom, or just larger community. It may be a Hosea-like marriage, where the husband is going after her, and she is focused on her past life or possibilities outside of the marriage, instead of being content in her situation.
The lyrics and the music video together make me think this song is about a girl who is being wooed into marriage/seclusion by a man who loves her, but she feels like she is drowning, focused instead of the "city" - which could be past lovers, freedom, or just larger community. It may be a Hosea-like marriage, where the husband is going after her, and she is focused on her past life or possibilities outside of the marriage, instead of being content in her situation.