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Elder is a poetic perspective on a young person's connection to an older relative. The language is vague but very intentional, seeking to capture a sobering phase of life that's nigh-impossible to replicate once you leave it. The words encourage you to experience them slowly and consider what they're saying before they're gone--just like the kind, loving elders we all hopefully have in our own lives.

This is a love song about a woman who has passed away, and left her husband with an empty feeling. He remembers everything so clearly about how it used to feel to be with her. He even sees her face and his dreams, and it looks so real that he wants to reach out and grab her. We always miss the things we can't have, as the old saying goes and he misses her so much, but the reality is he can't have her, because she's gone. He remembers the things that they used to do together, but understands that those days are just over. In the end he knows that his love won't be coming back, but he'll never forget how it was. He may find love again, but no one will ever replace this love.

This is a fictional lyric, about a man who lost the love of his life. She had so much love to give, that he used to joke she had an endless Love supply. He had never met anyone like her, and to this day hasn't. He asks God why she had to be taken so soon. And now he's left empty inside he just wakes up every day and no matter whether the sun's out or not it's a gloomy day for him.

This lyric is about an old girlfriend that I just can't stop thinking about and it's really affecting my life. No matter where I am or what I'm doing my mind always drifts back to her. It just feels like I'm haunted, and my thoughts will never break free from the destruction that I felt in this relationship. I resort back to drinking to try to get over it, and that never works. The fact is is that you just have to accept reality and move forward. It's human nature, to think about an old flame, it's just not good to obsess over it. The best way to not have to obsess over something is to replace it with something else that'll take your mind off it. I'm not saying I want to go out and find another girlfriend it's just find another activity that will help me get through it other than drinking. Cuz drinking never works.

Dieser Songtext handelt von der heutigen Schnelllebigkeit und Oberflächlichkeit von Beziehungen anhand eines konkreten Beispiels. In der ersten Strophe beschreibt der*die Interpret*in die Entwicklung einer Romanze zwischen ihr*ihm und einem*einer guten Freund*in, welche sich über Monate schrittweise vollzogen hat bis es letztendlich zum Sex kam. In der zweiten Strophe wird beschrieben, dass der Sex nur dem*der Interpret*in*en etwas bedeutet hat und dem*der Freund*in nicht. In der Bridge wird beschrieben, wie der*die Interpret*in von Selbstzweifeln geplagt wird und sich selbst und ihren*seinen Selbstwert aufgrund dieser Zurückweisung hinterfragt. Der Refrain handelt davon, wie schön es ist, Anerkennung und echte Wertschätzung zu erhalten und insbesondere wie selten dies in dieser Welt, in der man quantitativ konsumiert, geschieht.