To me it seems like this song is about a person Travis was really close to who had depression and somehow died (suicide?). I think the person died because Travis refers to them in a past tense.
"pale familiar faces remind me we weren't always strangers"
Perhaps he was close to this person and then somehow drifted apart. This is a really sad song. And perhaps the most beautiful on the album.
To me it seems like this song is about a person Travis was really close to who had depression and somehow died (suicide?). I think the person died because Travis refers to them in a past tense.
"pale familiar faces remind me we weren't always strangers"
Perhaps he was close to this person and then somehow drifted apart. This is a really sad song. And perhaps the most beautiful on the album.