The Pineapple Vs. The Watermelon

I believe the song is in reference to his father's suicide. "Say hello to Freddy's mom" is probably a reference to Jamie's friend Freddy Rupert, from This Song is A Mess But So Am I, whose mom died from cancer and was the subject of the album "Churchpoint LA".

freddy is definitely freddy ruppert, and i realized that cory is cory mcculloch, who used to be in xiu xiu and produced the first two records. cory put a sticker on knife play about his mother's death.

don't know who ryan is though.

My intepretation: A young person commits suicide, baffling her parents and her friends, all of whom cared very deeply for her. She killed herself out of alienation, seeing everyone else's normal and happy family -- "say hello to cory's mom," "freddy's mom," etc -- and not being able connect that percieved social normalcy (purity) with anything she saw in her own life. She sees nothing but her own otherness, while everyone else wonders why she's so blind to the fact that they love her.

Compared got it. reallyreally good catch on the Freddy's mom thing; you're probably right.

ok, so the mothers are already on the other side, and identified by others on this thread, some questions are left though.. why he (propably jamies father) killed himself, and whats the green/grey like flame others saw in him..

"someone felt something pure and told it all to you that was why you killed yourself to prove it wasn't true"

and

"we're all and have been on your side what is worse for you to bear?"

it all points to the same reason for his suicide.. he's so used to feeling he's being hated and perhaps bullied over, that when people start to show him their love, he doesn't feel familiar to his own feelings anymore, but rather out of place, which is so heavy for him to bear, that he finally kills himself..

Grey and green like flame, possibly like different colours of the flame of passion.. green, envious; grey, dry

I think this is about his father and how he thinks he had no reason to kill himself, because everyone was on his side, and he wonders if it's stupid to pray that he comes back.

Not as devastating as Mike, really. Sad, though.