I don't think the song is specifically about Johan's departure; it's just a hypothetical situation in which the whole band breaks up, and Jonas is left alone; I think Johan leaving made Jonas do some serious thinking.
So, have some surface-analysis, but, as always with Mew, you should make your own reading.
Go!:
"I wanted you to be at home.
I wanted you to be at home.
Could you foresee a day you might not play?"
Could be seen as a message to Johan, but, given the hypothetical situation, I think this is just Jonas reflecting on the events that led the the break-up.
"Silas and Bo, they got tired
And they’ll call you once a week
‘Cause it’s strange here
No dark career"
Silas and Bo blame the break-up on being tired, both of touring, and just the career as a whole.
"They all say they long to reach their sorrow now that’s gone"
This is open for interpretation over what "their sorrow" is. It could be a lost friendship, could be the break-up, etc., and the same thing has to be considered for just what "that" is. But, of course, Jonas encourages people to interpret things in their own way, so I won't put any ideas in your heads.
"They took us in to see their new apartment
thinking we’re slow and that our love is mean."
I think this is Jonas again feeling lonely and isolated, like Silas and Bo are a unit, and Jonas is can only visit them at their "new apartment", or perhaps the 'apartment' symbolises something else - maybe a new band, just like happened with Johan. Again, the "thinking we're slow" line is up for interpretation, and who "we" are, and whatnot isn't my place to give suggestions - make up your own minds.
"We’ll leave the green green
‘cause maybe we’ll get out somehow"
Maybe this is switching roles? Jonas is green with envy that he's been left out, Silas and Bo have their new apartment; they've escaped the "dark career".
"No-one thought of it;
we didn’t know we’d seen their last show."
Obviously, a band breaking up after over a decade is a major thing; it's like a divorce, which can go on for years before becoming "final".
I don't think the song is specifically about Johan's departure; it's just a hypothetical situation in which the whole band breaks up, and Jonas is left alone; I think Johan leaving made Jonas do some serious thinking.
So, have some surface-analysis, but, as always with Mew, you should make your own reading.
Go!:
"I wanted you to be at home. I wanted you to be at home. Could you foresee a day you might not play?"
Could be seen as a message to Johan, but, given the hypothetical situation, I think this is just Jonas reflecting on the events that led the the break-up.
"Silas and Bo, they got tired And they’ll call you once a week ‘Cause it’s strange here No dark career"
Silas and Bo blame the break-up on being tired, both of touring, and just the career as a whole.
"They all say they long to reach their sorrow now that’s gone"
This is open for interpretation over what "their sorrow" is. It could be a lost friendship, could be the break-up, etc., and the same thing has to be considered for just what "that" is. But, of course, Jonas encourages people to interpret things in their own way, so I won't put any ideas in your heads.
"They took us in to see their new apartment thinking we’re slow and that our love is mean."
I think this is Jonas again feeling lonely and isolated, like Silas and Bo are a unit, and Jonas is can only visit them at their "new apartment", or perhaps the 'apartment' symbolises something else - maybe a new band, just like happened with Johan. Again, the "thinking we're slow" line is up for interpretation, and who "we" are, and whatnot isn't my place to give suggestions - make up your own minds.
"We’ll leave the green green ‘cause maybe we’ll get out somehow"
Maybe this is switching roles? Jonas is green with envy that he's been left out, Silas and Bo have their new apartment; they've escaped the "dark career".
"No-one thought of it; we didn’t know we’d seen their last show."
Obviously, a band breaking up after over a decade is a major thing; it's like a divorce, which can go on for years before becoming "final".