Lyric discussion by LeGiff 

Cover art for Emmylou lyrics by First Aid Kit

I think this might be more of a sister to sister song than most comments are leading it to be. It's not about lover to lover or teacher to student. It's about the two of them being sisters and working in a crazy business together. They each have a unique sound whichever they are... June, Johnny, Gram or Emmy-Lou! As a pair of singers they contrasted each other in such a unique way that everything they did was pure art! Same can be said for Johanna and Klara

First Aid Kit has that same dynamic and there are stories of them not talking to each other for lengths of time and I can see that happening easy. They were so young when they broke with the Youtube videos.

I think this song is a sort of a truce (from all of the stuff that siblings go through) and a plea to just "sing, little darlin' sing with me."