This song was inspired, but not about the book "The Lovely Bones". Josh was going through a lot of loss at that point, and he had the song, sans lyrics in his head. He read the book and it inspired him. The song is about someone who has taken their own life. The lyrics above have a mistake- it's not "Forgot to swallow", it's "About to swallow" which changes the context greatly.
He's a spirit seeing all he's missing since he died.
This song was inspired, but not about the book "The Lovely Bones". Josh was going through a lot of loss at that point, and he had the song, sans lyrics in his head. He read the book and it inspired him. The song is about someone who has taken their own life. The lyrics above have a mistake- it's not "Forgot to swallow", it's "About to swallow" which changes the context greatly.
He's a spirit seeing all he's missing since he died.