love is watching someone die

I love these lyrics.
i LOVE these lyrics.
But you really have to think about them to fully grasp the awesomeness that is:

What Sarah Said
by Death Cab for Cutie

And it came to me then that every plan
Is a tiny prayer to father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I’ve already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend
On a faulty camera in our minds
And I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself

‘Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes ‘round and everyone lift their heads
But I’m thinking of what Sarah said

That love is watching someone die

So who’s gonna watch you die? So who's gonna watch you die

Isn't that amazing and true to think of how watching someone die, especially someone you love has got to be one of the most traumatizing experiences of your life.
But love, love is so consuming that you would go through that emotionally trying experience because you love them and want to stay by them as they take their final breath.

Sigh. I love you death cab.