Lyric discussion by Tatterdemalion44 

Cover art for Slow Glass lyrics by Noah and the Whale

This song is so about Laura.

I love them both, though...even if they now hate each other.

Definitely about Laura Marling, with the reference to her song Rambling Man.

Yeah, the references are pretty obvious here, though I think it's about the song 'Blackberry Stone' more specifically, not 'Rambling Man,' since it's the one that was also released before the actual album (which came out more than a year after The First Days).

Also, it just makes so much more sense in my opinion, since Blackberry Stone is very obviously the bitter end-of-relationship song with lines such as "You never did learn to let me be," to which the reply is, of course, "I never tried to change you, Honey I'm your biggest fan."

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