What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie

What Sarah Said - by Death Cab for Cutie

Explanation by: tasha... --

And it came to me then that every plan
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
That I'd already taken too much today	Can be interpreted as both the panic felt at being in this situation, even if expected, and a feeling of guilt for the fact that he is able to breathe and will continue to after. Taking too much of anything is saying that in the future you might be at detriment because of it.
As each descending peak on the LCD	Referring to the heart monitoring machine. Each peak is a measure of time and time is running out.
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
On a faulty camera in our minds
But I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself	The television is on, but in this room where everyone is waiting to hear the worst, it may as well not be. It isn't entertaining anyone but 'itself'
'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
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	The implication is that the dying person is Sarah, although we do not know this for certain.
That love is watching someone die
So who's going to watch you die
So who's going to watch you die
So who's going to watch you die