"Adam Drucker (on Midas Gutz): The actual song is about how I found, over time, watching some of my contemporaries;whether I know them or not, whether we’re friendly or not, how the world really wants to love someone who might punch them in the face if they actually meet them...." (view)

"I've always listened to the song taking it as a very literal 'ohgod you're comatose let's sing about how I miss you' song, using the stillness in its literal sense, as opposed to a metaphor. I viewed underwater as the sob wave-of-tears junk, and the silence as 'her' inability to acknowledge..." (view)