Steven has stated: "The song is based on a story but one that wasn't mine; it was suggested to me by the guy [Hajo Mueller] who was illustrating, doing the artwork and the book. The idea is about a couple driving along in a car at night, very much in love; the guy is driving, and his partner or his wife or girlfriend or whoever she is, is in the passenger seat, and the next minute she's gone. The guy is going crazy: What happened? Where did she go? He does all the obvious things: looks under the seats, stops and checks the road, all of that. The song is basically about missing time; it's the idea of blocking out time because of something so traumatic that you literally remove it from your mind. The story ultimately winds up with the ghost of the partner coming back, years later, and saying, I'm going to remind you now what happened that night. There was a terrible car accident, and she died, etcetera, etcetera and again, the idea of trauma leading to a missing part of this guy's life. He can't deal with the reality of what happened, so he blocks it out like taking a piece of tape and editing a big chunk out of it. It's a sad, very beautiful song about loss." You might want to watch the official video directed by Jess Cope.
