This song is about finding your path. It was written the week after I got back from conquering a mountain that I failed to climb when I was a teenager. It's about overcoming your past, and also about letting things go in an effort to become a better person.
lyrics
I lost you somewhere on the top of the mountain. I was looking forward, you were so far away. I lost you somewhere adrift on the ocean. I was the captain, and you were swimming away. I could have lost you there, but now I know it would have been better for us to go our separate ways, and I know that I can be a better man than I was yesterday.