When I first heard this song I immediately connected it to Mery's accident, seeing as it was a bonus track on Decension. Obviously some things don't add up about this, like the line "she'll be forgotten", which contradicts Sirius' feelings for her, and the fact that Mery did indeed make it as far as the hospital (hence the song Number City) whereas it seems our dear Carol Ann did not. But I did find the similarity between these two characters striking.
When I first heard this song I immediately connected it to Mery's accident, seeing as it was a bonus track on Decension. Obviously some things don't add up about this, like the line "she'll be forgotten", which contradicts Sirius' feelings for her, and the fact that Mery did indeed make it as far as the hospital (hence the song Number City) whereas it seems our dear Carol Ann did not. But I did find the similarity between these two characters striking.