The song is similar to “Wish” in that it opens the record following a short instrumental (“999,999” like “Wish” following “Pinion”) and is at nearly the same tempo (“Wish” is at 135 BPM).

The idea of the narrator being or feeling “a million miles away,” as sung in this song during the chorus, seems to reference or relate to the same idea as sung first in “Hurt”. It would also be mentioned again in “All the Love in the World”. Whether the three songs are all specifically related beyond repetition of the phrase is publicly unverified.

Thematically, the protagonist is frustrated and disappointed with his life so far, therefore he chooses to emotionally distance himself from it. Rather than feeling “a million miles away” from a specific person, he is “a million miles away” from himself.