This song seems to be about a girl who has a pretty much incurable disease, but is still fighting for her life. While her friends and family see the whole situation as pretty much hopeless, she has lasted longer than anyone thought possible... because of that, everyone is kinda living like she's already dead.
Her fiance doesn't want to leave her on her deathbed, but he's fooling around with someone else, and Jesse (the narrator) already knows what prayers and song he's going to sing at her funeral.
They've already been in mourning for so long they're emotionally exhausted and her friends just have to fake their sorrow. This makes Jesse feel incredibly guilty and believe that he doesn't deserve to go to heaven.
It kind of reminds me of Pet Semetary, the part where the wife/mother is haunted by her sister who suffered from meningitis and how she prayed for her to finally die.
This song seems to be about a girl who has a pretty much incurable disease, but is still fighting for her life. While her friends and family see the whole situation as pretty much hopeless, she has lasted longer than anyone thought possible... because of that, everyone is kinda living like she's already dead.
Her fiance doesn't want to leave her on her deathbed, but he's fooling around with someone else, and Jesse (the narrator) already knows what prayers and song he's going to sing at her funeral.
They've already been in mourning for so long they're emotionally exhausted and her friends just have to fake their sorrow. This makes Jesse feel incredibly guilty and believe that he doesn't deserve to go to heaven.
It kind of reminds me of Pet Semetary, the part where the wife/mother is haunted by her sister who suffered from meningitis and how she prayed for her to finally die.