Lyric discussion by billbones 

I always thought the line in question was "like a heavy mind unravellin' "

also I think its "I saw ghosts and I saw red"

Anywho, this song is about a girl (as it seems most songs are about) and the town where Joel resides, Halifax. The Khyber is a historic building downtown that hosts shows and Art openings. The lines "I got sick and I got sicker" refers to health problems Joel had been going through in his latter days in Thrush Hermit.

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