I read in some magazine when this album came out that this song was written by a friend of Malkmus' about another friend who had died, so that's probably the literal meaning. It works with the lyrics, which are definitely "half a life", not half a line or half alive.
I read in some magazine when this album came out that this song was written by a friend of Malkmus' about another friend who had died, so that's probably the literal meaning. It works with the lyrics, which are definitely "half a life", not half a line or half alive.