Lyric discussion by tlacomborro 

Cover art for Sixteen, Maybe Less lyrics by Iron & Wine

The story of life in this effects me so much that I feel physically ill. I seriously just became nauseous because of the overwhealming wrenching of my stomach into knots.

It is so beautiful, this song of loss. When it gets to where he sings of his wife who he met at a party when he drank too much, it just becomes overwhealing. Too real I think, too painful.

He is certainly saddened by his loss of the subject of the song, and she is still waiting...