Songfacts®:

• To be starry eyed means to be idealistically hopeful or enthusiastic. Here, The Weeknd remembers his younger days when he thought he would meet the girl of his dreams and they would live happily ever after. Now, he's older and more jaded about love, having been through his fair share of heartbreaking breakups.
  
  The Weeknd has met his dream girl, who is "broken, hurtin', sufferin' from a shattered soul." He understands her pain as he's been there himself and wants to show her the affection she deserves. Even if she "kicks him to the curb" he will stand by his love interest.
• Some fans and media sites believe The Weeknd is singing about his rumored girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.
  
  I only met you in my dreams before
  When I was young and alone in the world
  You were there when I needed someone
  To call my girl
  
  Angelia Jolie is 15 years older than The Weeknd, and Abel would have watched her in movies as a teenager. He may be referring to having fantasized about having a relationship with her when he was growing up. Now his daydreams have become a reality.
  
  The Dawn FM track "Here We Go... Again" may also be about Jolie.
• The Weeknd wrote the sympathetic ballad with Oneohtrix Point Never, Tommy "TBHits" Brown, and Peter Lee Johnson.
  
  The Weeknd and Oneohtrix Point Never co-produced the song with additional programming by Max Martin and Oscar Holter.
• The Weeknd, Oscar Holter, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Max Martin all played keyboards on the song. The other musicians are:
  
  Strings: Mattias Bylund
  Violin: Mattias Johansson
  Trombone: Peter Johansson
  Cello: David Bukovinszky
  Choir: Angela Parrish, Anna Davidson, Bri Holland, Jessica Rotter, Joanna Wallfisch, Katie Hampton, Rachel Panchal, Sara Mann and Sarah Margaret Huff.