I know I already commented on this song, but I really think it might be my favorite song by these guys. It sounds to me like the singers friend is trying to run away from life. They might be one of those eccentric people who your always afraid is going to die in an accident or commit suicide ("we were worried that you'd fallen in the river, or worse"). I know people like this. They like to be mysterious and are afraid to get close to people. They don't want to fall into the standard pattern of life and death that the universe seems to force upon everyone. This person will try to escape the universe, and in the song they're warning everyone else that the universe is going to catch them too if they don't realize it and try to do something about it. The sad thing is that there's really nothing you can do about it, so the subject of this song is just living within an illusion of freedom.
I know I already commented on this song, but I really think it might be my favorite song by these guys. It sounds to me like the singers friend is trying to run away from life. They might be one of those eccentric people who your always afraid is going to die in an accident or commit suicide ("we were worried that you'd fallen in the river, or worse"). I know people like this. They like to be mysterious and are afraid to get close to people. They don't want to fall into the standard pattern of life and death that the universe seems to force upon everyone. This person will try to escape the universe, and in the song they're warning everyone else that the universe is going to catch them too if they don't realize it and try to do something about it. The sad thing is that there's really nothing you can do about it, so the subject of this song is just living within an illusion of freedom.