From the placement in the album, it's pretty clear it's about his troubled relationship with his dying mom, ergo "hard to believe after all of these years." The thing that gets me about this song is that, after it's over, you can hear E's physical emotional release, with Lisa Germano simply responding, "Wow." It's such a powerful and intimate moment, and they kept it on the record for those people who can catch it and have had similar emotions.
From the placement in the album, it's pretty clear it's about his troubled relationship with his dying mom, ergo "hard to believe after all of these years." The thing that gets me about this song is that, after it's over, you can hear E's physical emotional release, with Lisa Germano simply responding, "Wow." It's such a powerful and intimate moment, and they kept it on the record for those people who can catch it and have had similar emotions.