Lyric discussion by punkybreester 

Cover art for An Island lyrics by Devendra Banhart

"I smell my sister in the winter And my father in the fall Cross sand and snow" I think that's about how different scents will remind you of certain things, and the scents he smells in winter, maybe things that remind him of Christmas, remind him of his sister (snow). And the scents of fall remind him of his dad (sand).