味道

The song describes someone trying to believe that a separation will hurt only a little and that life will be fine. But when thoughts of the absent person return, longing feels impossible to escape. The mood moves from a quiet, almost empty evening toward a more personal loneliness, as memories make the missing person feel vividly present.

The nearly starless sky reflects the speaker’s sense of emptiness: the stars seem absent, just as the loved one is. “Longing has no cure” presents missing someone as a pain that cannot simply be treated or avoided. The remembered details—a smile, a coat, white socks, a kiss, and a faint smell of tobacco—are ordinary and intimate. Together, they make memory feel physical, especially in the repeated idea of the person’s “scent” and the “scent” of having once been loved.

The song may be about a breakup or another kind of separation; the lyrics do not explain exactly what happened. The speaker misses both the person and the feeling of being loved, so the memories may comfort them even as they deepen the pain. The quietness of the evenings does not necessarily mean the speaker feels calm: it may leave more room for thoughts to return.