I think this song is not about losing your parents, but losing a brother.
Her parents don't remember "the ones they have left" - not the ones they've left behind them, but the children they have left after one has died. And they find the magazines under her brothers bed, with strange pictures - well, we all know what kind of magazine boys traditionally have under their beds! And it would seem strange to a little girl.
I think this song is not about losing your parents, but losing a brother. Her parents don't remember "the ones they have left" - not the ones they've left behind them, but the children they have left after one has died. And they find the magazines under her brothers bed, with strange pictures - well, we all know what kind of magazine boys traditionally have under their beds! And it would seem strange to a little girl.