I have always wondered what happened to this man to give him this kind of lyrical power. Kozelek is always so dauntingly honest, his music a mirror reflection to his own life in many ways.
I think this is a song about a person who seems beautiful when they're fragile. But in reality you know they are an ugly, vindictive person. Then you see them lying in a hospital bed, and you realize how much you love them. It's one of those 'You don't know what you have until it's left you' kind of things, I think.
I have always wondered what happened to this man to give him this kind of lyrical power. Kozelek is always so dauntingly honest, his music a mirror reflection to his own life in many ways.
I think this is a song about a person who seems beautiful when they're fragile. But in reality you know they are an ugly, vindictive person. Then you see them lying in a hospital bed, and you realize how much you love them. It's one of those 'You don't know what you have until it's left you' kind of things, I think.