What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie

What Sarah Said - by Death Cab for Cutie

Explanation by: jhf55... --

This is a song about watching someone with whom you are or were in a relationship die.

And it came to me then that every plan	Every time we make a plan, we are saying "please, make this worth the time that it takes out of my life." Each moment is precious.
Is a tiny prayer to Father Time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself	He's taking medicine to help him cope with losing someone.
That I'd already taken too much today	He's taking medicine to help him cope with losing someone.
As each descending peak on the LCD	His loved one is slowly dying. This language suggests a certain futility.
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me
Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend	He is sad that all he will have left of this person is memories, and that even those can deteriorate or be false.
On a faulty camera in our minds
But I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose	"Lain beside" suggests that this person is a current or former lover who he is close to.
Than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself
'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room	Describing the painful waiting.
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news
Then the nurse comes 'round and everyone lifts their head
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said	Sarah could be his friend, or maybe the lover who is dying.
That love is watching someone die	Sarah could be his friend, or maybe the lover who is dying.
So who's going to watch you die	Maybe suggesting that your life is only meaningful if you have people who care and notice when you die.
So who's going to watch you die
So who's going to watch you die