In a question-and-answer interview as posted on LiveJournal, Meg & Dia band drummer Nicholas Price stated:
The song is about a girl that catches her guy with another girl, so she poisons him and sews him into her mattress. Then she has “sexual relations” with other dudes on the mattress. Pretty...
I saw you with her, dear
You tried to hide away
She left through the back door
You always had your secret ways
I acted so serene
I was so drowsy then
My fault
I'm so careless
I gave you one too many pills
My, oh, my
My alibi
Restore my fate in these
Words so clear
My failure dear
Lies tucked away in me
You wanted to play this game
I'll play it, too
Come here, baby, I will show you what this girl can do
A mattress for a coffin suits you very fine
You'll feel me with my others as you're sewn under the seams
Meg & Dia released Cardigan Weather on Tue Aug 08 2006.