It’s about a relationship, any relationship, not necessarily romantic, and one person seems stuck in the past. Their memories are still so vivid of the past and of his mistakes in the past so much so it still feels like he’s either still with the other person however the other person has either moved on or probably doesn’t give him a second thought much less the obsession that the other person is still giving. Also, I just wanted to add the line “I hit you and you hit me back” doesn’t necessarily mean that it was a physical fight, it could be that it was just an argument and the word “hit” meaning the words back and forth that each of them spoke to each other. And in fact they have this argument or fight for so long they both get very tired from it. (Either one fight or even a good part of the relationship was nothing but fights). He’s left with the memory of his mistakes in the relationship and “slow to react” meaning he didn’t take responsibility for his part at the time. And the other person he still feels so close to -or wants to be- but the other person is keeping their distance and has moved on from them. Still, he is obsessed with that person and their memory haunts them and he sees them “even when I close my eyes” meaning he can not forget this person no matter what he does. “No matter how far we’ve come, I can’t wait to see tomorrow”, I take that to mean that even though they’ve grown far apart, he’s still hoping that one day they’ll reconnect.
This is just a very simple explanation, as I was just asked by my 10-year old daughter what this song meant after it had just played. Re-reading the lyrics to her then explaining it so she would understand really just put it in a simple perspective. Great song, too.
It’s about a relationship, any relationship, not necessarily romantic, and one person seems stuck in the past. Their memories are still so vivid of the past and of his mistakes in the past so much so it still feels like he’s either still with the other person however the other person has either moved on or probably doesn’t give him a second thought much less the obsession that the other person is still giving. Also, I just wanted to add the line “I hit you and you hit me back” doesn’t necessarily mean that it was a physical fight, it could be that it was just an argument and the word “hit” meaning the words back and forth that each of them spoke to each other. And in fact they have this argument or fight for so long they both get very tired from it. (Either one fight or even a good part of the relationship was nothing but fights). He’s left with the memory of his mistakes in the relationship and “slow to react” meaning he didn’t take responsibility for his part at the time. And the other person he still feels so close to -or wants to be- but the other person is keeping their distance and has moved on from them. Still, he is obsessed with that person and their memory haunts them and he sees them “even when I close my eyes” meaning he can not forget this person no matter what he does. “No matter how far we’ve come, I can’t wait to see tomorrow”, I take that to mean that even though they’ve grown far apart, he’s still hoping that one day they’ll reconnect. This is just a very simple explanation, as I was just asked by my 10-year old daughter what this song meant after it had just played. Re-reading the lyrics to her then explaining it so she would understand really just put it in a simple perspective. Great song, too.