Song Meaning

This track opens with a desperate plea, a promise of future reunion that feels both earnest and tinged with the impossible. The narrator asks, "Will you wait for me? / For all eternity?" setting a tone of profound longing and perhaps a touch of delusion. The immediate follow-up, "On eday I'll be there / In some life soon, I swear," grounds this cosmic promise in a vague, almost comically uncertain future, suggesting a deep desire for connection that transcends the present reality. The core tension lies in the narrator's inability to commit to the present, instead projecting their hopes onto an indefinite "eday" or "some life soon." They ask their beloved to "stall for me? / Would you crawl for me? / Would you shake with doubt / While I figure out..." This paints a picture of someone grappling with their own uncertainties, requesting immense patience and perhaps even suffering from the other person while they navigate their own internal landscape. It’s a plea for unconditional support in the face of their own indecision. The lyrics employ a fascinating blend of the mundane and the surreal to express this complex emotional state. The promise to be there "With knee, ankle, and ear" is bizarrely specific, juxtaposed with the grander "eternity." Later, the imagery shifts to "a tape hiss kiss" and "Honefrogs in analog," creating a lo-fi, nostalgic, and slightly off-kilter romanticism. This suggests a love that exists in a unique, perhaps flawed, but deeply personal analog world, a stark contrast to the digital "eday" mentioned earlier. Ultimately, the song's power comes from its raw, almost childlike expression of devotion mixed with profound insecurity. The narrator’s yearning feels palpable, even if their promises are fantastical. The final image of throwing apples at their beloved after this life is through, while seemingly playful, carries the weight of all the unfulfilled promises and the enduring, if peculiar, affection that has been expressed throughout the track.