Lyric discussion by thuglifeforevs 

i'm thinking that it is an old couple (hair, old, long), with flashbacks to their younger days? maybe they are not in love and maybe they never really were.
but they remain. or maybe he loves her more than she ever loved him. (i was only for to die beside) (i was only for your very space) (wake up to your starboard bride who goes in and then stays inside) starboard is the steering side of a ship i think.. i'm really not sure but it sounds so sad.

the voicemail sounding thing at the end seems to say (something like) ...really great..sorry darling...i can't really do it.

I get a similar vibe from this. Or might just be a couple heading towards a break-up. Obviously the narrator here has seen this coming, and is now trying to explain why it's for the best.

"There's a fire going out, but there's really nothing to the south."

Also in the beginning it describes a dying relationship:

"Just have to keep a dialogue. Teach our bodies: haunt the cause."

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