I don't know how specific we can get - the song seems mostly to just be a quiet, sad reflection on a relationship that didn't last supremely long but had a lot of weight to it. Drinking isn't the same since you can't do it with the other person anymore, the plough star trail is her mentioning something about her lover that he/she may have not known before and also hinting at their intimacy, etc. "The dresses came out" seems to me to say that it's over, she's packed her stuff up from wherever they were sharing space and then the tears come because of that. Or perhaps it means she hasn't had a reason to wear a dress to show off for anyone until now, and that's what brings the tears.
Regardless, I think it fits in with the album very well - after Forests and Sands, this comes on and continues the slow melancholy quiet pace right before they slam you with Honey in the Sun for the last hurrah.
I don't know how specific we can get - the song seems mostly to just be a quiet, sad reflection on a relationship that didn't last supremely long but had a lot of weight to it. Drinking isn't the same since you can't do it with the other person anymore, the plough star trail is her mentioning something about her lover that he/she may have not known before and also hinting at their intimacy, etc. "The dresses came out" seems to me to say that it's over, she's packed her stuff up from wherever they were sharing space and then the tears come because of that. Or perhaps it means she hasn't had a reason to wear a dress to show off for anyone until now, and that's what brings the tears.
Regardless, I think it fits in with the album very well - after Forests and Sands, this comes on and continues the slow melancholy quiet pace right before they slam you with Honey in the Sun for the last hurrah.