With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Sons & Daughters 

Cover art for With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept lyrics by Explosions in the Sky

This song makes me think of someone dying. In the beginning, his life is perfectly normal and he's happy. The silence is where he finds out he is ill and will die soon. He is speechless and doesn't know how to react. Then, it gets very loud very suddenly. This is the point where all his memories come rushing back to him and he gets very angry that it's all about to come an end. The end could either be his death or the point when all of his emotions are too much and he simply bursts into tears at the thought of dying.

I think my explanation fits the title well, too. The man is poor because he has been robbed of his life, and it also deals with his memories of his previously happy life.