What does the song early sunsets over monroeville mean?

Answer 1

well ill interpret it through the lyrics-

Late dawns and early sunsets, just like my favorite scenes
Then holding hands and life was perfect, just like up on the screen(he thought his girl friend was different and everything was perfect being that way, like a movie scene that doesn't relate to any other movies)
And the whole time while always giving
Counting your face among the living(all that time she seemed different but she was just like all the other 'Zombies')

Up and down escalators, pennies and colder fountains
Elevators and half price sales, trapped in by all these mountains(everybody does the same thing and he doesn't want to be like everyone else)
Running away and hiding with you
I never thought they'd get me here
Not knowing you'd change from just one bite
I fought them all off just to hold you close and tight(he ran away from the zombies with his girlfriend but then realized she was no different then them but he tried so hard before to protect her from becoming like them)

But does anyone notice?
But does anyone care? (does anyone notice that nobody has their own way of life, they all act in unison. but really does anyone care that he wants to be different?)
And if I had the guts to put this to your head...
But would anything matter if you're already dead?
And well should I be shocked now by the last thing you said?
Before I pull this trigger,
Your eyes vacant and stained...(he doesn't think that if he shot her nothing would matter because shes already like them and nothing will turn her back, and he hes saying he shouldn't be shocked because she has been that way all along. and her eyes vacant and stained by the ways of all the other people)

But does anyone notice?
But does anyone care? (again does anyone care or notice that hes the only different person in the world)
And if I had the guts to put this to your head...
And would anything matter if you're already dead?
And now should I be shocked by the last thing you said?(same as before^)
Before I pull this trigger,
Your eyes vacant and stained...
And in saying you loved me,
Made things harder at best,(hes saying that when she said she loved him she made him believe that she was not a zombie and he trusted her and that made it harder to give up on her)
And these words changing nothing(and he didn't wanna believe she was lying but he had to)
As your body remains,
And there's no room in this hell,
There's no room in the next,
And our memories defeat us,
And I'll end this direst.(hes in hell because hes so alone and and its full of the zombies and then memories of her that he remembers make it so he don't want to harm her but he ended up defeating her in the direst)

But does anyone notice?
But does anyone care?
And if I had the guts to put this to your head...
But does anything matter if you're already dead?
And should I be shocked now by the last thing you said?
Before I pull this trigger,
Your eyes vacant and stained...
And in saying you loved me,
Made things harder at best,
And these words changing nothing
As your body remains,
And there's no room in this hell,
There's no room in the next,(same as above^)
But does anyone notice there's a corpse in this bed?(does anyone notice that hes dead now because of all hes been through and he gained nothing for having his own way and not like the others)