Lyric discussion by hedonbass 

This song runs right along with the Maynards lyrics in H. Your close to someone, and you can't seem to let go of them, but keeping them close is killing you. the umbilical cord is a metaphor, not necissarily symbolizing the mother, but rather the nurturing connection between you and a loved one, and as with birth, after seperation this must be severed if life is to progress.

Spot-on, especially because this is how I now clearly interpretted the song, now that I am in an applicable situation... whereas before the situation, this was just an awesome song with a full meaning that escaped me at the time.

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