Lyric discussion by reegs 

Cover art for What Sarah Said lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

I think I just got the last few lines of the song. I used to think that by saying "love is watching someone die" it was saying that love is the subject, watching a death. But really, it's saying that watching someone die is the epitome of love. Thus, by asking "who's gonna watch you die?" it's really asking who loves you.

I've always thought of it that way; I got the cd for Christmas and on Feb 2, 2006 one of my good friends died in a car wreck. I just remember sitting with my finance at the time and thinking "Kels, was soo loved and we would give anything to bring her back. I wonder if Alex would feel this way about me when my time came." I knew that I would feel that way about him when that time came and even though we are no longer together and it's been 5 years since our relationship ended, I still...