Jimmy

It seems that Maynard is referring to his eleven year-old self in this song (calling him simply "Eleven"). Something was lost in Maynard when his mother experienced her aneurysm: a part of Maynard stopped growing with him and moving on. This is evidenced by the lyrics; "Eleven is standing still,"; and, "Eleven has been and will be waiting."

For whatever reason, Maynard needed to go home to "reunite" with that lost part of him. Perhaps it is the part of him that looked to his mother as his "stability" or just as someone to share mutual care and love for. Eleven may be the part of him thats capable of loving his mother unconditionally: of idolizing and adoring her the way young children tend to; but that post age eleven, he moved on with the realization of his mother's mortality and may have been angered by it. It does seem that he's grown more compassionate and understanding towards her throughout his songs about her over the years. He might be seeking the balance between loving her as a young child does, but accepting her mortality and that what happened was beyond her control. Going home seems like a good place to do so if thats where his mother was.

Just a guess though, as I'll never know exactly how he felt towards his mother before, during or after this song (or any of them for that matter).