Andrew Bird's older brother is "on the spectrum." This isn't a secret-- Tea and Thorazine is about being in care. I always suspected that Rennie Sparks wrote this for Andrew, for his brother. It's the first of her songs that he's recorded, until he finally just went and made a whole record of Handsome Family tracks.
Seen through that data, the song seems clear to me. This doesn't mean my eyes don't get foggy sometimes when I sing along.
Andrew Bird's older brother is "on the spectrum." This isn't a secret-- Tea and Thorazine is about being in care. I always suspected that Rennie Sparks wrote this for Andrew, for his brother. It's the first of her songs that he's recorded, until he finally just went and made a whole record of Handsome Family tracks.
Seen through that data, the song seems clear to me. This doesn't mean my eyes don't get foggy sometimes when I sing along.