Calgary

I agree with thuglifeforevs interpretation, but for some reason it doesn't strike me as sad. It sounds content. Like, maybe they weren't in love at first, they only stayed together for the family, but as time wore on they became attached to each other. Now they've grown old and face death together, but with no fear.

There's a lot of allusions to aging here:

"hold me for the pops and clicks." Weary joints, you know, arthritis.

"hair, old, long along your neck onto your shoulder blades." Self-explanatory.

"hip, under nothing propped up by your other one, face 'way from the sun."

Bad hips people! Come on, haven't you ever heard someone complain about their hips? Their bones are becoming brittle, "under nothing" and "propped up." The line "face 'way from the sun," kind of sounds like they're in the last stages of their life. The sun is setting.

"just have to keep a dialogue teach our bodies: haunt the cause i was only trying to spell a loss."

Some couples lose the romance or become bored as they grow old together. They "have to keep a dialogue" to survive the paces of marriage. "Teach our bodies: haunt the cause" could mean they're trying to remember what drew them to each other in the first place, what "caused" the attraction. Try to rekindle the spark. "I was only trying to spell a loss," could mean one of them is afraid of the relationship disintegrating, or one of their deaths, and that's why they're bringing up all these worries.

"joy, it's all founded pincher with the skin inside you pinned me with your black sphere eyes you know that all the rope's untied i was only for to die beside."

They realize they are "in this together," in love or not. They depend on each other, make each other happy. I think "you know that all the rope's untied" is like saying, "in the end, no matter what." Aww <3

"so it’s storming on the lake little waves our bodies break."

The end is near! DUN DUN DUN. ahem sorry.

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

The life in them is waning. "There's really nothing to the south" might mean there's no hell below them, that in the end nothing matters except for the present.

"swollen orange and light let through your one piece swimmer stuck to you."

The "light." You know, like in movies people always "see the light" when they die? I think the line about the one piece swimmer is a memory flying by. They're remembering their past, their youth. Their life is flashing before their eyes.

"sold, i'm ever."

He's eternally hers.

"open ears and open eyes wake up to your starboard bride."

They're on "the other side." Where? Who knows. But he's woken up on a different plane of existence, still beside her.

"who goes in and then stays inside oh the demons come, they can subside."

His "starboard bride," the one who traveled with him all his life and is still with him in death, makes everything better. No matter what problems arise, no matter what "demons" come, they'll never be strong enough to put out the joy in his heart when she's in it.

So basically, the best love song ever.