Hospital Beds (Cold War Kids cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pORG13i 

Cover art for Hospital Beds (Cold War Kids cover) lyrics by Florence + the Machine

I'd say it is about two soldiers really become brothers in arms, now awaiting their fate in the hospital.

"Coming and going, Asleep and awake" - wounded coming in, 'falling asleep' and maybe dying supported by the line "We have no chance of recovering laying in hospitals" though the recovering could also be meant metaphorically as in not being able to deal with what they've seen and been through.

"I've got one friend laying across from me, I did not choose him, He did not choose me" - they somehow ended up together in some sort of situation that formed a strong bond between them which results in "joy and misery" - joy about having gained a true friend, misery because of their condition.

My Interpretation