Its about having to watch someone you love die, and there is nothing you can do about it. The line "the light in her eyes goes out", is obviously referring to the life in her eyes going out. This sort of sentiment is extremely common for someone having to watch a love one die of a disease like Cancer or HIV/AIDS. For me I had to hold a 40 yr old mother as she died of lung cancer, and a 23yr old girl friend die of melanoma. Having to watch the light in the eyes of someone you love go out is not something anyone should ever "have-to" do, but it does change you and your perception of everything around you.
My self, speaking as someone who has lost loved ones, worked with hospice and been in the medical industry for longer than I can remember, can fairly confidently say this song deals with the stages of greif. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, and Depression. I left out the last stage, Acceptance, as this is clearly something Adam did not do until after this song was written. Seeing as he can't go to Chelsea due to the strong emotions that the town would invoke on him.
Since he later recorded this song in a recording studio in Chelsea NY, it was obviously his way of telling him self, and everyone who knows what the song means, he has made his peace with the loss.
Its about having to watch someone you love die, and there is nothing you can do about it. The line "the light in her eyes goes out", is obviously referring to the life in her eyes going out. This sort of sentiment is extremely common for someone having to watch a love one die of a disease like Cancer or HIV/AIDS. For me I had to hold a 40 yr old mother as she died of lung cancer, and a 23yr old girl friend die of melanoma. Having to watch the light in the eyes of someone you love go out is not something anyone should ever "have-to" do, but it does change you and your perception of everything around you.
My self, speaking as someone who has lost loved ones, worked with hospice and been in the medical industry for longer than I can remember, can fairly confidently say this song deals with the stages of greif. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, and Depression. I left out the last stage, Acceptance, as this is clearly something Adam did not do until after this song was written. Seeing as he can't go to Chelsea due to the strong emotions that the town would invoke on him.
Since he later recorded this song in a recording studio in Chelsea NY, it was obviously his way of telling him self, and everyone who knows what the song means, he has made his peace with the loss.