I always saw this song as someone looking for a purpose but not finding it. They're trying to find social contact, but end up being shut in: calling themselves on their own phone. Despite putting care into planning their day carefully with attention and hope, it never quite feels purposeful. This isn't just confirmed in the second verse, but also in the line later on where Tim sings: 'looking so hard for a cause and i don't care what it is'. On top of that, this person also doesn't really understand why this is happening to them. Why they feel isolated, why they feel so out of place and purposeless. That's why they never really saw.
I always saw this song as someone looking for a purpose but not finding it. They're trying to find social contact, but end up being shut in: calling themselves on their own phone. Despite putting care into planning their day carefully with attention and hope, it never quite feels purposeful. This isn't just confirmed in the second verse, but also in the line later on where Tim sings: 'looking so hard for a cause and i don't care what it is'. On top of that, this person also doesn't really understand why this is happening to them. Why they feel isolated, why they feel so out of place and purposeless. That's why they never really saw.