However, the only lyric in the song that implies romance is when Nate Ruess refers to someone as "baby," which is typically used as a nickname in romantic relationships. The rest of the song, however, can really refer to any type of love- romantic, platonic, familiar, etc. Because media and our culture tends to emphasize romantic relationships over most other types, I wanted to tell a story of purely non-romantic heartbreak because these other types of love are underrepresented but just as valuable and vulnerable. Therefore, my goal is to highlight the pain of losing a non-romantic relationship.