it's hard to tell what this song is about...i've found that to be a recurring theme with the songs off of You Come Before You..the lyrics are more abstract than "Opposite" or "Tear From the Red"...in any case the lyrics to this song are GOOD....i think that the song might be about how as a kid he tried to establish a relationship with his dad, but he never could because his dad would only yell at him, even though he so desperately tried to build a relationship with him ("In every corner and space i search for you, i've only found your vocal cords"). now looking back as an adult, he still thinks about it and wishes he could have had a better child life ("hate that i'm never certain of what needs what most, and nothing has affected me so..."), and he feels like he never really had a father growing up("i know we've never met...") so basically this song is similar to Loved Ones, except where that song is angry, this one is more desperate, kind of like he is using this song as a last resort to tell his father how much he hurt him, even though he knows it's futile. ("i know we've never met, and you'll probably never read this")...that's what i could gather from it...
it's hard to tell what this song is about...i've found that to be a recurring theme with the songs off of You Come Before You..the lyrics are more abstract than "Opposite" or "Tear From the Red"...in any case the lyrics to this song are GOOD....i think that the song might be about how as a kid he tried to establish a relationship with his dad, but he never could because his dad would only yell at him, even though he so desperately tried to build a relationship with him ("In every corner and space i search for you, i've only found your vocal cords"). now looking back as an adult, he still thinks about it and wishes he could have had a better child life ("hate that i'm never certain of what needs what most, and nothing has affected me so..."), and he feels like he never really had a father growing up("i know we've never met...") so basically this song is similar to Loved Ones, except where that song is angry, this one is more desperate, kind of like he is using this song as a last resort to tell his father how much he hurt him, even though he knows it's futile. ("i know we've never met, and you'll probably never read this")...that's what i could gather from it...