We’ve all been haunted by a person, and it often comes with a great price. You may be left with absence, silence and an ache that just won’t quit. David Alexander faces what it’s like to lose a woman he had a magical night with after building up what they had in his head.
No matter how long a relationship is, whether it disappears in the blink of an eye or creates this everlasting ecstasy, it all leaves an imprint on your heart. On “Ever Since,” Alexander recalls a chance encounter with a woman, describing how he gave her his number, but she never called back. However, he ends up being convinced that the night they shared wasn’t pretend.
Remembering physical things with her, like a lipstick stain or replaying the night over again in his head, Alexander wonders whether this woman even kept his number. We’re often left with this fated encounter that feels like it might just be destiny, and ultimately, he feels betrayed by the fact that it ended so abruptly. He sings, “Pieces all out of place / Doesn’t she know you’re not supposed to be fucking with fate.”
There’s a pain, a slight rage that fuels the song in a song that is so pop, showing what it’s like to lose something meaningful that you thought meant the world (“It’s like your favorite song playing on the radio / But you can never find it again”). Alexander, a natural hopeless romantic, conveys this rare and life-changing love in a two-minute and 27-second song that stops as quickly as it began, capturing that fleeting romance that lingers in your mind long after it’s over.
The song ultimately captures this misalignment and the king of intimacy that makes you crave more, no matter how out of reach it may seem, because “Ever Since” they get in your mind, you’re immediately taken aback.
