this song is awesome.
about the death of a friend, and the falsity of people.. there were always the "same six at their shows, but now that it's a funeral the room is overflowed".. the lyricist says, "so good of you to show support when the admission's free".
the lyricist doesn't have clothes fit for a funeral because the death was obviously a shocking one.. he never thought he would need them. ("I don't have clothes for days like these, I never thought they'd come to me, but I'm still here")
it's really sad because he talks about how the people speaking at his friend's funeral didn't really know him, and they are glorifying him, saying words he knows his friend would never say/approve of. he wouldn't want all of this. he'd "want to be a tree, strong in the ground" and he would've said "Keep looking where your eyes are looking now". instead of putting false words into his friend's lifeless mouth, he says reads words his friend actually wrote when he was alive.
this song is awesome. about the death of a friend, and the falsity of people.. there were always the "same six at their shows, but now that it's a funeral the room is overflowed".. the lyricist says, "so good of you to show support when the admission's free". the lyricist doesn't have clothes fit for a funeral because the death was obviously a shocking one.. he never thought he would need them. ("I don't have clothes for days like these, I never thought they'd come to me, but I'm still here") it's really sad because he talks about how the people speaking at his friend's funeral didn't really know him, and they are glorifying him, saying words he knows his friend would never say/approve of. he wouldn't want all of this. he'd "want to be a tree, strong in the ground" and he would've said "Keep looking where your eyes are looking now". instead of putting false words into his friend's lifeless mouth, he says reads words his friend actually wrote when he was alive.
love this