This song aint about suicide, though convincing an Elliott Smith fan (I am one too) that everything he's done/covered isn't about suicide might prove a bit difficult - I'll give it ago. The songs about not fearing death as it's inevitable, it says you'll be reunited in heaven with the ones you love once you die so you shouldn't fear it. 40,000 men and women every day is an estimate of how many people are reunited with a lover every day, just like romeo and juliet were....
This song aint about suicide, though convincing an Elliott Smith fan (I am one too) that everything he's done/covered isn't about suicide might prove a bit difficult - I'll give it ago. The songs about not fearing death as it's inevitable, it says you'll be reunited in heaven with the ones you love once you die so you shouldn't fear it. 40,000 men and women every day is an estimate of how many people are reunited with a lover every day, just like romeo and juliet were....