Seems to be about leaving a lover, someone who is a public tragedy to all their friends, hence the 'boy in the well' metaphor - the big disaster everyone knows about (makes me think of that episode of the Simpsons where Bart gets trapped down a well).
Also draws a broader metaphor between the failing relationship and a failing society - "this town is going wrong".
Lucky for Stipey he's made some shiny happy new friends, so the ex-lover will be left to sink or swim on their own, and he's trying to warn them of this fact.
Not a bad song from Around the Sun IMHO.
Seems to be about leaving a lover, someone who is a public tragedy to all their friends, hence the 'boy in the well' metaphor - the big disaster everyone knows about (makes me think of that episode of the Simpsons where Bart gets trapped down a well).
Also draws a broader metaphor between the failing relationship and a failing society - "this town is going wrong".
Lucky for Stipey he's made some shiny happy new friends, so the ex-lover will be left to sink or swim on their own, and he's trying to warn them of this fact.