This started out as a little lullaby melody I had in my head one night while rocking baby Addie to sleep in the rocking chair in her room. This might have even started, then, before demo work for the album began, in summer of 2014. I even had the main "Addie, Addie" idea right away.

"Addie" in a lot of ways is supposed to be the "clarity" moment of the album. Earlier, in "Still No Closer To Tomorrow", and in "The Art of Tactful Procrastination", the singer laments that nobody knows his name. But in this song the line that he sings, "there's no need to be afraid, when you're whispering my name", implies that in fact someone does know his name, and that is a clue to what really matters.

Similarly, there's a line "when the thunder starts to creep", which foreshadows "The Storm" later on.

I also wanted this to be a kind of love letter to my daughter. So when she gets older there's some time stamps and some "moment" stamps. Things like "count the zebras in the skies" and "the coconut trees we've climbed" reference her stuffed zebra (which she always had on her) and one of her favorite books "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", respectively. Whereas "turn the moonlight on and let the stars twirl" reference this glowing moon light that would hang on her wall, and a twirling star light that would sit on her dresser.