This is a very beautiful song. According to wikipedia this song was written about the death of one of their friends in 1991 as a result of drug overdose, as well as the death of Adam Horovitz' mother in 1986 due to alcoholism. The lyrics "what do you do when your man kills himself? / Where's my mom?" refer to each respective incident. The speaker is obviously devastated by each incident and is at a loss for what to do with himself. The process/pain caused by these two incidents make the speaker desire his own instant death, probably asap seeing as how he has a bleak outlook on life and wants to rejoin these people rather than, when he does die in the future to die instantly... blah blah blah whatever.
This is a very beautiful song. According to wikipedia this song was written about the death of one of their friends in 1991 as a result of drug overdose, as well as the death of Adam Horovitz' mother in 1986 due to alcoholism. The lyrics "what do you do when your man kills himself? / Where's my mom?" refer to each respective incident. The speaker is obviously devastated by each incident and is at a loss for what to do with himself. The process/pain caused by these two incidents make the speaker desire his own instant death, probably asap seeing as how he has a bleak outlook on life and wants to rejoin these people rather than, when he does die in the future to die instantly... blah blah blah whatever.