The song starts out with the guy trying to forget about his girl, who could be dead or left him, by sticking his lonliness, the thought of her lips, and the thought of her eyes all in his pocket (which is a metaphor for the back of his mind). Then he goes on riding high, like everything's alright but realizes he is still troubled with the remeberence of this person. So he reaches in his pocket for her memory. He wants bones like iron, so he wants to be stronger in the fact that he wants to be able to deal with the loss of a loved one. And blood like mercury, which is the thing in thermomaters that tell you ur tempature, so he knows if he's rising or sinking in how he is dealing with the loss. B/c when you deal with a loss of a loved one for the first time you don't know what is a good outlook and what is a bad outlook. So once again he reaches in his pocket for the memory of that person to help him out. He then talks about getting drunk and laughing by realizing it's all going to be ok. He then sticks the memory of his loved one back in his pocket, so he can continue his life while still remembering his loved one.
The song starts out with the guy trying to forget about his girl, who could be dead or left him, by sticking his lonliness, the thought of her lips, and the thought of her eyes all in his pocket (which is a metaphor for the back of his mind). Then he goes on riding high, like everything's alright but realizes he is still troubled with the remeberence of this person. So he reaches in his pocket for her memory. He wants bones like iron, so he wants to be stronger in the fact that he wants to be able to deal with the loss of a loved one. And blood like mercury, which is the thing in thermomaters that tell you ur tempature, so he knows if he's rising or sinking in how he is dealing with the loss. B/c when you deal with a loss of a loved one for the first time you don't know what is a good outlook and what is a bad outlook. So once again he reaches in his pocket for the memory of that person to help him out. He then talks about getting drunk and laughing by realizing it's all going to be ok. He then sticks the memory of his loved one back in his pocket, so he can continue his life while still remembering his loved one.