At the start, E appears to be talking to 'us' - the listeners: we are who he says 'Look...' to. But it becomes obvious that the song is actually addressed to his sister - at her own funeral. The box (coffin) holds 'the sand that was once you'.
It's a very powerful image: a train-of-thought lyric addressed to the deceased at her own funeral.
What always gets me about this song is the resulting contrast between him getting over it and him totally incapable of dealing with it: 'what I need to miss is you', he says to someone as he instructs her to look at the people assembled for her funeral.
He's obviously not going to be able to miss her if he keeps on pretending she's there.
At the start, E appears to be talking to 'us' - the listeners: we are who he says 'Look...' to. But it becomes obvious that the song is actually addressed to his sister - at her own funeral. The box (coffin) holds 'the sand that was once you'.
It's a very powerful image: a train-of-thought lyric addressed to the deceased at her own funeral.
What always gets me about this song is the resulting contrast between him getting over it and him totally incapable of dealing with it: 'what I need to miss is you', he says to someone as he instructs her to look at the people assembled for her funeral.
He's obviously not going to be able to miss her if he keeps on pretending she's there.