Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: singer-songwriter
Song Meaning of “Newsroom” by Paul Buchanan
The song “Newsroom” by Paul Buchanan is a melancholic reflection of a past love relationship in which the narrator is reflecting on their time apart. He starts by singing “you can’t go back in time/to when there was no need to lament.” He is expressing the sadness of not being able to go back to simpler times, clearly referring to before the end of the relationship. He goes on to describe sentimental emotions and longing to be with his love again.
The chorus focuses on the theme of missed opportunities and regret, singing “Fond recollections on the newsroom/where I can read the past of you.” Here he is embodying the newsroom as a tangible physical symbol of her and his absence from her life, as if it were a tangible reminder of her place in his life.
The song is an emotional musing of a broken love story and eschews a sense of resignation due to the lamenting sense of regret he has in the face of the past. He is ultimately forced to accept that their relationship has come to an end yet the lingering nostalgia and yearning leaves him unable to fully move on. The song is an example of Buchanan’s introspective and melancholic singer-songwriter style.