This song is amazing. I have no idea what it means. The first verse seems to be something about leaving someone behind, maybe a child? I don't know, I feel like the "checks" he keeps referring to are about child support, but that's probably totally off-base. And then the second verse is something about a girl that he left. The line that really sticks out to me in this song is "Lightning bugs to die in jars." The whole song is eerie and really well-done. It doesn't ruin the Sufjan version, which I was afraid it might, it just adds on to it.
Being that the song was written for an HIV benefit album, I think it's about a guy talking to his girlfriend who is infected. He's like reassuring her that she is wonderful, and he doesn't see her as dirty and infected, in the first verse.
The second verse is about all his memories of her and the time he spent with her, maybe after she has died or is dying.
You're right though, it's an awesome song.
Being that the song was written for an HIV benefit album, I think it's about a guy talking to his girlfriend who is infected. He's like reassuring her that she is wonderful, and he doesn't see her as dirty and infected, in the first verse.
The second verse is about all his memories of her and the time he spent with her, maybe after she has died or is dying.
You're right though, it's an awesome song.
This song is amazing. I have no idea what it means. The first verse seems to be something about leaving someone behind, maybe a child? I don't know, I feel like the "checks" he keeps referring to are about child support, but that's probably totally off-base. And then the second verse is something about a girl that he left. The line that really sticks out to me in this song is "Lightning bugs to die in jars." The whole song is eerie and really well-done. It doesn't ruin the Sufjan version, which I was afraid it might, it just adds on to it.
Being that the song was written for an HIV benefit album, I think it's about a guy talking to his girlfriend who is infected. He's like reassuring her that she is wonderful, and he doesn't see her as dirty and infected, in the first verse. The second verse is about all his memories of her and the time he spent with her, maybe after she has died or is dying. You're right though, it's an awesome song.
Being that the song was written for an HIV benefit album, I think it's about a guy talking to his girlfriend who is infected. He's like reassuring her that she is wonderful, and he doesn't see her as dirty and infected, in the first verse. The second verse is about all his memories of her and the time he spent with her, maybe after she has died or is dying. You're right though, it's an awesome song.