Discover the story of the song > Funeral Beds – The Districts

The lyrics are about a man, the protagonist, who is feeling heartbroken and lost. He is in a place called Savannah, where the fields are large and he feels very far away. The dry air is making it difficult for him to cope with the fact that his partner has left him. He wishes he had a songbird to sing his love back to him. He asks a tailor to make him a dark suit and asks an old friend named John to give him the finest gun, suggesting that he is planning to take his own life. He feels like he is struggling and stumbling and needs to start over, and he needs someone, his partner, in his heart. He ends by saying that he hates to say he loves her, but he does. The fields are still stretching far away.