Considering how Daron mentioned in a live show that the song reminds him of his two cousins and then shed some tears, I'm pretty sure the song is him visiting their graves and talking to them. ("Let's join the dead" - going to the graveyard?)
"Funny, I was driving by
Feeling really high
It made me cry"
Not even drugs can help him feel better about it.
"Funny, there were swastikas
On Santa Monica
Where they were scarred"
Some vandals like to put swastikas on graves, wich would explain this line.
"Funny, that no one said
that you were dead
and painted red"
Sounds like he hadn't seen his cousin in a while and nobody told him that he/she died when it happened.
At least one of his cousins may have died by suicide considering the refrain in particular, not sure about it though.
"If I was there with you for long
Would you be singing me this song?"
He's wondering if his cousin would feel the same way/sing him this song if he would have been with them, again implying that he wasn't there around the time they died. And on another side may also saying that he could be dead instead if that was the case (considering the topic of this song).
If that becomes clear it pretty much explains itself.
Considering how Daron mentioned in a live show that the song reminds him of his two cousins and then shed some tears, I'm pretty sure the song is him visiting their graves and talking to them. ("Let's join the dead" - going to the graveyard?)
"Funny, I was driving by Feeling really high It made me cry"
Not even drugs can help him feel better about it.
"Funny, there were swastikas On Santa Monica Where they were scarred"
Some vandals like to put swastikas on graves, wich would explain this line.
"Funny, that no one said that you were dead and painted red"
Sounds like he hadn't seen his cousin in a while and nobody told him that he/she died when it happened. At least one of his cousins may have died by suicide considering the refrain in particular, not sure about it though.
"If I was there with you for long Would you be singing me this song?"
He's wondering if his cousin would feel the same way/sing him this song if he would have been with them, again implying that he wasn't there around the time they died. And on another side may also saying that he could be dead instead if that was the case (considering the topic of this song).
If that becomes clear it pretty much explains itself.