Lyrically, Gibbard is introspective, as usual, singing a long distance relationship, something with which he's very familiar. "You send a photo out your window of Paris/ Of what you wish I could see/ But someone has got to be a lighthouse/ And that someone has got to be me/ And I hope your absence makes us grow fonder/ I hope we always feel the same/ When our eyes meet past security we embrace in the baggage claim," he sings.