Lyric discussion by cassandragemini5 

Cover art for Ursa Minor lyrics by At the Drive-In

this song is partially about death the whole band apparently had loads loads of close friends who died when they were growing up "inertia kisses those around me"

it is also well known that this song is the pinpoint where bands ripped off atdi to make EMO music its the first song to have that kind of instant change from vibe to vibe which so many bands tried to recreate atdi shit on any band that has ever been dubbed emo or whatever because they created everything and just like nirvana changed the face of music for good