I love this song. The first verse clearly paints a picture of someone (I'm thinking the mother) dying. The man sees blood, tries to get the woman to wake up. The ambulance comes and drives away.
"Suits were made for men not boys"
I think this means that he feels like he and his brother mentioned later in the song aren't old enough to go to a funeral, much less one for their own mother.
"And this faith that we fake is a choice"
I'm imagining that maybe the family wasn't very religious, but when the mother they had to go to the church and pray anyway.
I think the chorus us him refusing to go to the funeral. He doesn't want to see his mother if it's the last time he'll see her.
The second verse, he is obviously having a hard time dealing with her death, denying that her life is over. And telling people not to say it's over. I think it's interesting that he refers to himself as his brothers "stand in mother." To me, "stand in" makes it sound like he will only be his mother for a short period of time. Just untill his mother comes back.
I love this song. The first verse clearly paints a picture of someone (I'm thinking the mother) dying. The man sees blood, tries to get the woman to wake up. The ambulance comes and drives away.
"Suits were made for men not boys"
I think this means that he feels like he and his brother mentioned later in the song aren't old enough to go to a funeral, much less one for their own mother.
"And this faith that we fake is a choice"
I'm imagining that maybe the family wasn't very religious, but when the mother they had to go to the church and pray anyway.
I think the chorus us him refusing to go to the funeral. He doesn't want to see his mother if it's the last time he'll see her.
The second verse, he is obviously having a hard time dealing with her death, denying that her life is over. And telling people not to say it's over. I think it's interesting that he refers to himself as his brothers "stand in mother." To me, "stand in" makes it sound like he will only be his mother for a short period of time. Just untill his mother comes back.
This song is so chillingly beautiful