Somewhere Only We Know Notes

Key Themes

• Exploration of familiar places and nostalgia.
• Longing for connection and reliability.
• Desire to find a place of solace and peace.

Key Points

• Empty Land: The narrator walks across an empty land they know very well.
• Familiar Path: They are intimately familiar with this place, knowing it like the back of their hand.
• Sense of Aging: The narrator reflects on aging and needing a place or person to rely on.
• Fallen Tree: They encounter a fallen tree, prompting memories of love and dreams.
• Questions Past: The narrator questions whether this place was significant in the past.
• Search for Solitude: They express a need for a reliable and peaceful place to go.
• Uncertainty: The song suggests a possible end of everything and proposes going to a place only they know.

Lyrics Highlights

• "I knew the pathway like the back of my head."
• "I'm getting old and I need something to rely on."
• "Is this the place we used to love?"
• "This could be the end of everything, so why don't we go somewhere only we know?"