Just heard Jose Gonzalez perform this song live with The String Theory in Portland, OR on Sunday night. I've always loved this song, but hearing it live and orchestrated was an amazing experience!! It was more upbeat than the solo version which is more haunting. When I drive around my town, I can't help but notice the 'crosses' erected on freeways and highways to denote specific traffic deaths: drivers, passengers, bikers, pedestrians. Guilty (drunk drivers) and innocent. Young and old. Little cross shrines with flowers so that we won't forget these souls taken from us too soon. That is what the song means to me. Especially the line, "Crosses all over the boulevard." I don't personally know these souls who have lost their lives (although I did know one). I know the circumstances of many from our local news, every one of them tragic. The line, "The streets outside your window over flooded," suggests to me a river of tears for the loss of the many souls denoted by the crosses. Whenever I drive by a cross, I bless the souls when I pass. And it reminds me of the line, "Cast some light and you'll be alright." I could be wrong, but that's what this song means to me.