This can be about a breakup that leads to a general depression. I identified with parts like "nowhere to set my aim, so I'm everywhere" long before I'd experienced the devastation of breakups.
The lyrics are just brilliant. The way the song goes off on tangents, with quotes (some that are meaningful, others, not so much) portrays the spaceyness and aimlessness that he feels.
Before I knew the background of the catalog-girl, I had thought the person in the song had gotten another girlfriend and "as long as she stays on the page" meant as long as she doesn't run off, or as long as he can still relate to her...but he also hints that he's just going through the motions, not really feeling what he is supposed to feel, not really opening his heart completely...which is a theme in the song anyway.
Best song about a broken heart...EVER.
This can be about a breakup that leads to a general depression. I identified with parts like "nowhere to set my aim, so I'm everywhere" long before I'd experienced the devastation of breakups.
The lyrics are just brilliant. The way the song goes off on tangents, with quotes (some that are meaningful, others, not so much) portrays the spaceyness and aimlessness that he feels.
Before I knew the background of the catalog-girl, I had thought the person in the song had gotten another girlfriend and "as long as she stays on the page" meant as long as she doesn't run off, or as long as he can still relate to her...but he also hints that he's just going through the motions, not really feeling what he is supposed to feel, not really opening his heart completely...which is a theme in the song anyway.