The cute bomber jacket you've had sixth form
Armed with patches of places you've been
Is nothing on my Khaki coat I got
From a roadside I got when I was sixteen
Here we learn that she owned a bomber jacket covered in patches. Perhaps she was wearing it when she died. He was probably wearing his khaki coat.
My boots are from airports
My backpacks from friends
Im not a man of substance so ill pretend
To be a wanderer, wondering
Leaving ascetic belongings in hostels and restaurant bins
Ascetic means self disciplining. He left his self discipline behind to go on the run. He threw out everything bought new boots, got new bags, now hes pretending to wander.
(Cut that bit out)
He wants to hide the fact that he is now on the run.
The roads are my home
Horizons my target
If I keep on moving, never lose sight of it
He is once again, on the run, never staying in one place.
Treating my memory of you like a fire
Let it burn out, dont fight it and try to move on
He wont forgot her, but doesnt want to remember her at the same time.
Its been sixty weeks since I saw Vienna
A bandage and a wide smile slapped across my face
You know whats crazy? The ARG 'ended' on Febuary 23, 2019. ycgma came out on on June 25th. There are 52 weeks in a year. so thats a year and 2 months. June is four months after February. 2020 was when COVID hit and everything got pushed back by a couple months. Ycgma was probably scheduled for April, but got pushed. Just like the EP he wanted out this year. It would have been 60 weeks since he 'ended' the ARG. He is pretending he is over her but he is not.
I'll pick up my hiking boots when i am ready
And i'll put down my roots when im dead
This is crazy. Once again, he's on the run, blah blah blah. BUT THE SECOND VERSE! As we know with the ARG, the tiniest thing could be something huge really. He loves doing that kind of stuff. When he sings 'when im dead' a very faint female voice sings it with him. THE GIRL WHO IS NOW DEAD BECAUSE OF HIM!
The distance is futile
Come on dont be hasty
Youll get that feeling deep inside your bones
I'll be gone then, for when you must be alone
His voice gets really soft here. And just VERY VERY VERRRRRYYYYY faintly you can hear the girl too, until alone. This is probably her thoughts, her words. The distance is pointless, no matter how far he runs, he still killed her. That feeling deep inside your bones, that she felt when she died. She will be gone when he is running because the reason he is running is her being gone, so he must be alone.
