I can see what doc7 thinks, but I've always thought of it in a different way. I think
"You tried to taste me,
And I taped my tongue to the southern tip of your body."
describes the beginning of the sexual part of the relationship,
and shortly after
"Our bones are too heavy to come up,
Squished into a single cell of wood."
means something like "we're too tired to get out of bed; it's like we're a single entity." I don't think it has to relate to the last verse about old bodies; I think the instrumental is meant to show time passing, and that they [the "single cell of wood", now referred to as two pieces) have ~rubbed against each other~ so much that they're "whittled down," the old bodies thing could either refer to, yeah, they're older now but still together, or just, really fucked out? Excuse my terminology haha.
And I think the sparks thing refers to how starting a fire with two really smooth pieces of wood takes a really long time, but they'll keep goin' at it, ~ow ow~ until they finally get it going. Which again could refer to, yeah they're older so it takes more time, or just keep ~going~ in general mmhmmmm.
But yeah, I don't really think about old people at all during this song, despite the mention of "old bodies" haha
I can see what doc7 thinks, but I've always thought of it in a different way. I think
"You tried to taste me, And I taped my tongue to the southern tip of your body."
describes the beginning of the sexual part of the relationship,
and shortly after
"Our bones are too heavy to come up, Squished into a single cell of wood."
means something like "we're too tired to get out of bed; it's like we're a single entity." I don't think it has to relate to the last verse about old bodies; I think the instrumental is meant to show time passing, and that they [the "single cell of wood", now referred to as two pieces) have ~rubbed against each other~ so much that they're "whittled down," the old bodies thing could either refer to, yeah, they're older now but still together, or just, really fucked out? Excuse my terminology haha.
And I think the sparks thing refers to how starting a fire with two really smooth pieces of wood takes a really long time, but they'll keep goin' at it, ~ow ow~ until they finally get it going. Which again could refer to, yeah they're older so it takes more time, or just keep ~going~ in general mmhmmmm.
But yeah, I don't really think about old people at all during this song, despite the mention of "old bodies" haha