Contributors:

Jonathan Chaffer

Chris Charlebois

Jessica Gluckman

Austin Luminais

Eyan Rolfe

The main noticeable part of this song is the amazing amount of wordplay. Some of these tricks follow:

• The line "32 new moons shining in 32 skies". A new moon is when the moon doesn't appear in the night sky at all.
• The "bing bang bingalong" section runs through each letter of the alphabet, skipping the vowels.
• 32 lies my ears never saw...

One possibility of what the imagery might stand for is teeth, as they also come in sets of 32.

It has been observed that the track time (the seconds) nearly coincide with the counting at the end of the song. This is most likely coincidence.

An interesting, unobvious interpretation:

Imagine a couple. The man is having doubts about the relationship and needs to work some things out. He suggests a hiatus. The woman says she'll give him a month. Now either the man doesn't realize that a month (a long month) only has 31days or he doesn't realize how long it's been. Anyway, on the 32nd day he comes back ready to commit himself to her forever, but she's gone.

32 Footsteps: the steps he's taken to be ready to commit.

room where the paint doesn't want to dry: where he has feared commitment

road where the dirt reaches the sky: eternity

32 feathers: feathers were rewards for bravery

32 new moons: something that can't be see; his commitment

This is all in the first verse, when he is coming back to her. He still thinks she's waiting for him. Then, he's wondering where she's gone.

32 lies...: She lied to him (in his eyes) when she said she'd wait.

32 walls: barriers he broke through to get where he is.

32 infantryman: He's ready to go.

32 boxcars: Something that's going past and out of reach (Imaging watching a train going by)

And it's all topped off with the last numbers: he's seeing if he's ready at 28 days (no), 29 days (no), 30 days (no), 31 days (time's up)