Definitely about a girl he fell in love with in New Orleans. She, sadly, went crazy over time until one day she committed suicide. At the beginning of the song hes about going to visit her grave and ends up telling the person with him the tragic story. At the end he mentions that "anyone who says that life is clear has never seen a mirror or been to Jackson Square." I think this means that if you think that the happenings of this life are straightforward, you've never looked inside yourself at your own insanity, nor have you gotten close enough to anyone else to experience theirs. He obviously by "loading [his] gun and trying not to go there" has experienced both. Sad song.
Definitely about a girl he fell in love with in New Orleans. She, sadly, went crazy over time until one day she committed suicide. At the beginning of the song hes about going to visit her grave and ends up telling the person with him the tragic story. At the end he mentions that "anyone who says that life is clear has never seen a mirror or been to Jackson Square." I think this means that if you think that the happenings of this life are straightforward, you've never looked inside yourself at your own insanity, nor have you gotten close enough to anyone else to experience theirs. He obviously by "loading [his] gun and trying not to go there" has experienced both. Sad song.