This song, to me, is basically about a man going back to an ex-grilfriend and asking her if she wishes to get back with him on certain conditions. Hence the Line "Rumours of re-election started to fly" because the possibility of her being 're-elected' back onto his mind was very possible.
It's my funeral today
My funeral today
I laid it down
Underneath the sound
It's my principal concern
My principal concern is what you say
But I wanted it this way
I think that is referring to how he always had the best intentions for her and always put things aside for her concern hence funeral 'under the sound' because he was emotionally withering without her.
You're more than welcome to look around
Consult your checklist, go underground
I think that line is a reference to the popular notion that some people make checklists of the good and bad stuff about their spouses and thats why he's saying she can do whatever is necessary as long as he can get a final answer. He also mentions how he is not gonna stick around any longer because this is the last chance and since he has nothing else to loose he can tell her exactly what went wrong and what could be done about it.
He basically leaves her a message saying a lot of this and tells her to call him "drop a line". And we're left with the notion that he is waiting for a final answer.
This song, to me, is basically about a man going back to an ex-grilfriend and asking her if she wishes to get back with him on certain conditions. Hence the Line "Rumours of re-election started to fly" because the possibility of her being 're-elected' back onto his mind was very possible.
It's my funeral today My funeral today I laid it down Underneath the sound
It's my principal concern My principal concern is what you say But I wanted it this way
I think that is referring to how he always had the best intentions for her and always put things aside for her concern hence funeral 'under the sound' because he was emotionally withering without her.
You're more than welcome to look around Consult your checklist, go underground
I think that line is a reference to the popular notion that some people make checklists of the good and bad stuff about their spouses and thats why he's saying she can do whatever is necessary as long as he can get a final answer. He also mentions how he is not gonna stick around any longer because this is the last chance and since he has nothing else to loose he can tell her exactly what went wrong and what could be done about it.
He basically leaves her a message saying a lot of this and tells her to call him "drop a line". And we're left with the notion that he is waiting for a final answer.