To me, this song. like some of their songs, aludes to his childhood and how it was taken away from him because of his lyme disease. "Then a small thing happened, or sunk its tooth."
And it greatly affected his whole childhood and his outlook on life. So many of his lyrics have such deep, beautiful contemplation on life.
Here is a quote from an interview about his experience:
"This is really interesting. This is something that fascinates me, and this is kind of going offtrack, but what happened was the Borrelia bacteria — the agent of Lyme disease — what it does is, it starts to mimic your own cells, and so your body goes after it, but then it’s like a little chameleon, and it can’t tell the difference, so it starts going after itself. It basically went after my organs, went after my kidneys, and those failed completely. I had a transplant when I was sixteen — my father’s kidney — and it’s very messy, but it’s had a profound effect on me. It’s had a very devastating effect on me, but I think there’s something to be salvaged in it."
I absolutely love this song.
To me, this song. like some of their songs, aludes to his childhood and how it was taken away from him because of his lyme disease. "Then a small thing happened, or sunk its tooth."
And it greatly affected his whole childhood and his outlook on life. So many of his lyrics have such deep, beautiful contemplation on life.
Here is a quote from an interview about his experience: "This is really interesting. This is something that fascinates me, and this is kind of going offtrack, but what happened was the Borrelia bacteria — the agent of Lyme disease — what it does is, it starts to mimic your own cells, and so your body goes after it, but then it’s like a little chameleon, and it can’t tell the difference, so it starts going after itself. It basically went after my organs, went after my kidneys, and those failed completely. I had a transplant when I was sixteen — my father’s kidney — and it’s very messy, but it’s had a profound effect on me. It’s had a very devastating effect on me, but I think there’s something to be salvaged in it."