“The first song I wrote for the record. I don't know where exactly it came from, but I guess I was thinking about the theme of projecting oneself onto another in order to see yourself; that's how you make your initial connection with them. The record, to me, is about deep disappointments, not only in romance but in friendship, and finding out what your true values are and what other people's are. How often we look for ourselves in others but we're not listening to them or actually getting to know them. That is the struggle with trying to find true love—whether it's true love in friendship, work, or in romance. That has been an all-encompassing theme.”