I actually interpret this more as being about the baby dying rather than the wife. "The rhythm you know" reminds me of watching the heartbeat on the monitor of the image of the baby in utero. Thinking back a year would be to thinking back before the pregnancy started. And "go buy the flowers you'll leave on its grave" would make sense if they chose not to know the gender ahead of time.
Actually just had an epiphany moment. The song makes some sense if read from the perspective of the dying baby, asking the husband, aka the poor boy, the guy who would have been the father, to let him/her go. Just a thought...
I actually interpret this more as being about the baby dying rather than the wife. "The rhythm you know" reminds me of watching the heartbeat on the monitor of the image of the baby in utero. Thinking back a year would be to thinking back before the pregnancy started. And "go buy the flowers you'll leave on its grave" would make sense if they chose not to know the gender ahead of time.
Actually just had an epiphany moment. The song makes some sense if read from the perspective of the dying baby, asking the husband, aka the poor boy, the guy who would have been the father, to let him/her go. Just a thought...