"Clear from the first verse he is talking about leaving a group of friends who we was close with, now the parties have ended for him, 'confetti floats away'. 'Parties in my honour' are presumably his leaving parties. He's 'passing the baton' on to the new members of the crowd..." (view)

"I heard it as addressing the White oppressor in the USA. It sounds like blacks revolting. The Destroyer may be Harriett Tubman or maybe someone who doesn't exist but is an idea of freedom. The last two verses especially seem to support this idea for me. "Time will not wash clean..." (view)

"Man is the baby and he has grown into a woman. Like in Frankenstein, she sings "But now that I'm a grown woman." Antony just wants to live as the woman he knows he is and to set her spirit free. Perhaps it's her parents, perhaps her friends or everyone they..." (view)

"Does it really matter who it is?????? It definitely feels like that feeling of liking someone more than they like you and feeling so sad and stupid about it. Especially that 'just kidding' part at the end. Like when you say things that you mean but pretend it's sarcasm just to say..." (view)

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Loyd" (view)

"I'm weary about commenting because I don't know anything specific about California's history but I can assume it's similar to Washington's. In reference to emerge's post above I would guess that Jamie's referencing all the land that those Native American's don't live in; their people have been pushed off that..." (view)

"She's not saying 'ego-self'. If you reverse it she's saying 'buttfucking'." (view)

"It usually irritates me when people comment just to profess their love for the song but this song does so much to me, I love it so much. The lyrics are fairly easy to interpret but they're so incredible and fitting. love to diaspora de life en le valley oh oh..." (view)

"It seems like the character's girlfriend left him or somehow they split, maybe even by death that detail doesn't seem so important. But she helped him so much by being there for him and he felt she helped him with all his deepest troubles. But she fell away and is..." (view)

"All of your interpretations open up so much more in this song than I ever could have grasped on my own. This is how this website should work. Thank you for sharing!" (view)