The idea that some people will be a part of you forever seems to be a theme with Bon Iver.
Just because a relationship is over, the time that you spent together doesn't become redundant - love makes every second worthy of a memory.
This song also sort of attempts to explore the ways that people deal with the breakdown of relationships, she's out getting drunk, dancing on bars, and trying to forget something that was worth remembering. He takes another place with him everywhere he goes, and that place is memory, that place is HER, and yet her way of dealing with their being apart has soured the memory of their relationship.
The idea that some people will be a part of you forever seems to be a theme with Bon Iver. Just because a relationship is over, the time that you spent together doesn't become redundant - love makes every second worthy of a memory. This song also sort of attempts to explore the ways that people deal with the breakdown of relationships, she's out getting drunk, dancing on bars, and trying to forget something that was worth remembering. He takes another place with him everywhere he goes, and that place is memory, that place is HER, and yet her way of dealing with their being apart has soured the memory of their relationship.
"Now I have nothing that I can keep."