The first verse is about disproving the stereotype of people who are HIV positive. Someone he loves, probably a girlfriend, is not a drug addict or a prostitute: "Not bloody cotton swabs and lies
Stolen checks and empty eyes". Instead she's all of the beautiful things that he loves about life, eg. "You're a county fair in July, Canadian field of wild rye".
The second verse is a continuation of that, possibly remembering her after she passed.
The first verse is about disproving the stereotype of people who are HIV positive. Someone he loves, probably a girlfriend, is not a drug addict or a prostitute: "Not bloody cotton swabs and lies Stolen checks and empty eyes". Instead she's all of the beautiful things that he loves about life, eg. "You're a county fair in July, Canadian field of wild rye". The second verse is a continuation of that, possibly remembering her after she passed.