it's not about ingrid. it's about a random girl, like banshee said. he wanted her to come talk to him, but she never did. and so he wrote this "love" song about her, hoping she'd hear it on the radio and be like "hey that's me! i'll go talk to him now!" but then joshua left l.a. for new york or something, so she never even got the chance. he likens this whole experience to the archetypal singer-songwriter curse of cowardice and irony. i saw him both milwaukee and minneapolis, and both times he explained it.
it's not about ingrid. it's about a random girl, like banshee said. he wanted her to come talk to him, but she never did. and so he wrote this "love" song about her, hoping she'd hear it on the radio and be like "hey that's me! i'll go talk to him now!" but then joshua left l.a. for new york or something, so she never even got the chance. he likens this whole experience to the archetypal singer-songwriter curse of cowardice and irony. i saw him both milwaukee and minneapolis, and both times he explained it.