Lyric discussion by Thefishfromindia 

Cover art for An Island lyrics by Devendra Banhart

I think this song is about transending into the world(Hopefully that makes sence. Where, "your eyelash was an island, and your eye was someones friend". The idea that everything was something before it was something else; or simply reincarnation. As far as, "I smell my sister in the winter and my father in the fall", this is probably about nature rather than actuall people. We all were grown from the earth, therefor we are all family.

Devendra is a psychedelic Guru.