Here Today

The speaker addresses someone who is absent and imagines how that person might respond if they could meet again. At first, the speaker expects teasing or disagreement, but the memories lead to a more open expression of love and grief. The emotional movement is from uncertainty and imagined conversation toward accepting that tears can no longer be held back.

“Worlds apart” suggests that the two people saw themselves as very different, though it may also reflect the speaker’s playful guess about the other person’s reaction. “Playing hard to get” describes acting uninterested or difficult to approach, perhaps without fully understanding the relationship at the time. The memories of singing, crying, and a smile show closeness through shared moments, even when the two did not understand everything they were going through.

The song does not present a complete account of the relationship, so the listener cannot know exactly what caused the distance or absence. The repeated phrase “here today” can refer to wishing the person were physically present, while the final idea that the person is “in my song” suggests another kind of presence: memory preserved through music. The speaker’s love is clear, but the precise nature of the bond is left open.