This song represents Richie. He's a seventeen year old boy who has a really hard time wrapping his head around the whirlwind that has entered his life, going by the name of Sylvie. Before he met her, Richie had kind of wrapped his mind around dying young. Sure, he didn't want to, but he didn't see the point in fighting it. He stopped eating and stopped caring about how he looked. That's when he met her. Sylvie. She told him that she wasn't going to die, that the doctors were wrong. He had never seen somebody with a death sentence look so hopeful. The song is all about needing some time to figure things out, and that's exactly what Richie needs. Some time to figure out Sylvie.