This song makes me think the whole album is not about your traditional break-up, but about separation and death. Here are the give-away lines:
"Departing from the hospital / The news shows on your face too well /Trying not to cough at all, it hurts
All options are exhausted all / The numbered days are numbered small"
The sirens remind the writer that his loved one could have died already. He can't stand the thought of leaving her, so he tries to harden himself to the inevitable tragedy. He doesn't need a soul. He will have to be able to live without her. He will always remember her ("you and life remain beautiful").
This song makes me think the whole album is not about your traditional break-up, but about separation and death. Here are the give-away lines: "Departing from the hospital / The news shows on your face too well /Trying not to cough at all, it hurts All options are exhausted all / The numbered days are numbered small" The sirens remind the writer that his loved one could have died already. He can't stand the thought of leaving her, so he tries to harden himself to the inevitable tragedy. He doesn't need a soul. He will have to be able to live without her. He will always remember her ("you and life remain beautiful").