Showalter has admitted that this song is about Jason Molina ("JM"), i.e. Songs: Ohia / Magnolia Electric Company. The opening guitar riff makes this hugely apparent: just listen to anything off of Songs: Ohia's "The Lioness" and you'll hear the exact same chord progression.
Molina's earlier music was filled with fire; his later with a more softened bleakness. Since his death in 2013 it's "hard to hear you sing." "The crow has lost its wings" is probably a reference to Molina's "The Black Crow":
Through sparrow black wind
A dead crow calls out to his wing
We were lightning across the whole world
We were lightning
We were lightning
We were lightning
Showalter has admitted that this song is about Jason Molina ("JM"), i.e. Songs: Ohia / Magnolia Electric Company. The opening guitar riff makes this hugely apparent: just listen to anything off of Songs: Ohia's "The Lioness" and you'll hear the exact same chord progression.
Molina's earlier music was filled with fire; his later with a more softened bleakness. Since his death in 2013 it's "hard to hear you sing." "The crow has lost its wings" is probably a reference to Molina's "The Black Crow":
Through sparrow black wind A dead crow calls out to his wing We were lightning across the whole world We were lightning We were lightning We were lightning