Elephant Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Lyssalu11 

Cover art for Elephant lyrics by Jason Isbell

So it occured to me the other day, what ifnitnis about two fellow musicians who played the same bar from time to time. Friends connected by music to start and eventually through her cancer, more. The line "Ive buried her a thousand times, giving up my place in line. But I dont give a damn about that now," makes me think, he had put his music career pursuit on the back burner (giving up his place in line) to help care for her and then reliving it over and over again. Distracting him from it. Idk if what I'm saying makes sense, but that was just a possibility that popped into my head recently.