Cornelia and Jane

My best theory as to what the song is about: Georgia's writing about what it was like watching Ira during his sudden health scare last year. Listening to the doctors and wondering if every "whisper" is some news, feeling helpless (how can we care for you?), wondering what was going through his mind as he was ill, the constant sirens driving you mad as you wait in the hospital, worrying about what can be done to keep from losing him.

It's been abstracted considerably, but it seems the seeds are there.

Quite a few lyrics of these are wrong. Here's a more accurate version:

I hear the whispering Just out of view Still unknown what’s inside of you Outside your window Neighbors peer in at you How can we care for you?

How can we hold onto you?

Caught up in motion Swirling around Sometimes you’re standing still On uneven ground Too many sirens, they keep you up at night Sit back and hold your ears (?)

How will we hold back our tears?

I hear them whispering They analyze But no one knows What’s lost in your eyes Sending the message, it doesn't get to you How can we care for you?

Slipping away Fade deep inside of you But how can we hold on to you?

Also, for what it's worth (quite possibly nothing), Cornelia St and Jane St are both in Greenwich Village, NYC. They don't intersect, but it's the first thing I could find that ties the two names in the title together.

this song is so so so beautiful