“Aerobed” is a song about former Cymbals Eat Guitars keyboardist Daniel Baer, who died of an unspecified illness (possibly endocarditis, hence the mention in the song). The lyrics were shared on the band’s Instagram, and the song dedicated to Baer, as seen in this picture.
The song appeared on the...
[Verse 1]
Love's truck stop, bumfuck Georgia
The singing whisper of my piss on porcelain
Heard you moved back south in '09
Your heart was broken from endocarditis
[Chorus]
Pull me in, don't think of who you're hurting
Let you in then but not now
You got sick, I tried but couldn't give a shit
Never said it out loud
[Verse 2]
You're staying over, blow up the aerobed
You sleep more here than in your own apartment
Friendship this intense is frightening
You go in the bathroom and come out a different person
[Chorus]
Pull me in, don't think of who you're hurting
Let you in then but not now
You got sick, I tried but couldn't give a shit
I've never said it out loud
[Verse 3]
Drive the van home from some show upstate
Snowflakes flying by like stars in hyperspace
Think of Rachel, I was so sure
This country's full of people that I fucked over
[Bridge]
Think we met, could've sworn it
But we forget once we're born
[Chorus]
Pull me in, don't think of who you're hurting
(Think we met)
Let you in then but not now
(Could've sworn it)
You got sick, I tried but couldn't give a shit
(But we forget)
I've never said it out loud
(Once we're born)
[Outro]
My nan still asks about you
Says "He was strange but kind"
"Why'd you have to cut him out of your life?"
She is getting old and it's showing
Hope she don't know where the birthday cash is going
Cymbals Eat Guitars released Aerobed on Thu Oct 29 2015.