What is this song about?

The song is "Freshman" by Bronson Arroyo...





What is this song really about?





What does he mean by "Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice?"





Link to the song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9m4lziDLAEg


Lyrics: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/F...

What is this song about?
The actual song that charted was billed to The Verve Pipe in the 90's.





To me, the writer's friend was dating a girl and she OD'ed on valium a week after they broke up. Both men feel some guilt but it isn't clear why. I believe before she died she indicated she wanted a physical moment with the writer, but again it is not clearly defined.





Baby's breath is a small white flower used as decoration for many larger bouquets. "Stop a baby's breath" may have double meaning other than killing a romance as she may have told the ex-boyfriend she was pregnant but wanted to abort it and didn't want to get married. The line "shoe full of rice" could indicate a wedding, where rice is thrown and can get in your shoes.
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