This song is about having a person close to you feeling depressed and suicidal. The hopelessness one feels when all they can do is be a bystander, praying for your friend/significant other/family member to get better, is thoroughly expressed in the pre-choruses, where Ed blatantly ensures this perso...
[Verse 1]
The lighthouse lost its light on her a long time ago
She got so used to it, this long and winding road
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'll never, ever let you go
[Chorus]
I can't believe
She whispered to me
I don't wanna breathe
[Verse 2]
This ship of fools sails west by night time and by day
Circumnavigates her globe like a bullet gone astray
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Come on home baby, where it's safe
[Chorus]
I can't believe
She whispered to me
I don't wanna breathe
I don't wanna breathe
[Bridge]
Even if you drink from the chalice of cheap escape and fade away
I'll never, ever let you go
[Chorus]
I can't believe
She whispered to me
I don't wanna breathe
I don't wanna breathe
[Outro]
She whispered to me
Now I can't believe
She whispered to me
Oh no, no, no....