How come nobody's commented on this one yet? I personally think this is one of Guster's most moving/disturbing songs. My interpretation: This one's DEFINITELY about death. I think someone's brother has just committed suicide, but they feel like they could have stopped their brother. They bear the weight of their sibling's death (though the 'brother' reference doesn't have to be taken literally; there seems to be a little BIblical reference, so it could be just a good frind of the singer), and it's killing them as well. Though, this is a little confusing...the part about denial. I'm not sure whether the person is feeling guilty, or denying the fact that their 'brother' has killed himself, or maybe a little of both? I do think, though, that by the end, the singer is trying to convince htem that it's not their fault, they couldn't have done anything to stop their 'brother,' that it's in the hands of God...but, again, at the end, the "To figure out/It's not your fault...Your brother won't be proud of you/Proud of you anymore," is saying that if they over-analyze this, if they try to find out how it couldn't be their fault, their 'brother' won't be proud of them...so was it their fault, or wasn't it?
How come nobody's commented on this one yet? I personally think this is one of Guster's most moving/disturbing songs. My interpretation: This one's DEFINITELY about death. I think someone's brother has just committed suicide, but they feel like they could have stopped their brother. They bear the weight of their sibling's death (though the 'brother' reference doesn't have to be taken literally; there seems to be a little BIblical reference, so it could be just a good frind of the singer), and it's killing them as well. Though, this is a little confusing...the part about denial. I'm not sure whether the person is feeling guilty, or denying the fact that their 'brother' has killed himself, or maybe a little of both? I do think, though, that by the end, the singer is trying to convince htem that it's not their fault, they couldn't have done anything to stop their 'brother,' that it's in the hands of God...but, again, at the end, the "To figure out/It's not your fault...Your brother won't be proud of you/Proud of you anymore," is saying that if they over-analyze this, if they try to find out how it couldn't be their fault, their 'brother' won't be proud of them...so was it their fault, or wasn't it?
Someone else needs to comment on this song, ^_^.