I think this song is about the paramedic who found the girl.
The first verse is the paramedic reporting the scene. A girl wrecked her car into a pole. The song on the radio was someone else's favorite song, not hers.
The second verse is the ambulance ride back to the hospital, she is asking him to let her die at her home, not the hospital. Because the last verse says "sending out invitations to her friends 'back' home" I don't think she is asking him to take her to wherever she currently lives, but her home town. Something the paramedic can't do even if he wanted to.
Then the bridge says 'and we'll be dancing at her funeral' I'm not sure if this means that the girl would rather them be happy than sad or that he is saying it sarcastically as in 'no one would be happy' .
The last verse takes us through funeral prepping. Everyone is doing their part in putting it together.
I think the chorus is the paramedic saying that nobody knows what he has gone through, maybe in this case or throughout his entire career.
The song makes it feel like he is a stranger to the girl who had this accident, yet he went to her funeral leaving me to believe that he was the paramedic who she died on and he feels guilty for not being able to save her.
I think this song is about the paramedic who found the girl. The first verse is the paramedic reporting the scene. A girl wrecked her car into a pole. The song on the radio was someone else's favorite song, not hers. The second verse is the ambulance ride back to the hospital, she is asking him to let her die at her home, not the hospital. Because the last verse says "sending out invitations to her friends 'back' home" I don't think she is asking him to take her to wherever she currently lives, but her home town. Something the paramedic can't do even if he wanted to. Then the bridge says 'and we'll be dancing at her funeral' I'm not sure if this means that the girl would rather them be happy than sad or that he is saying it sarcastically as in 'no one would be happy' . The last verse takes us through funeral prepping. Everyone is doing their part in putting it together. I think the chorus is the paramedic saying that nobody knows what he has gone through, maybe in this case or throughout his entire career. The song makes it feel like he is a stranger to the girl who had this accident, yet he went to her funeral leaving me to believe that he was the paramedic who she died on and he feels guilty for not being able to save her.