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I agree that his mother would fit with the 'first person' reference, and there's been some album reviews published that have speculated as such. However, in the preview video that was released for the album, there's some names scrolled on the sheet that is shown with the song titles. In the main Introduce Yerself thread, Senrab tried to pause the frame and read the names - I copied that post below - with Edgar being written beside First Person.

If true, the 'Goodbye' lines probably reflect Gord saying goodbye to his dad upon his dad's passing.

If anyone is trying to put some names to songs, if you pause this video from 1:55 to 2:06 and go frame by frame in full HD you can barely see some names in green pen beside the song titles. And on the right, I think.

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Here's what I could make out:

My First Girlfriend - Char (his sister)
Love Over Money - The Band
You Me and the B's - Patrick
You Are the Bird - Paula
Snowflakes - Lorna or Laura? (mom or wife? can't make out his handwriting)
Bedtime - Clare
First Person - Edgar
A Natural (Bathouse Again and Again) - Clemens?

The names on the right side:
Joanne
Andrea
Jenn
Josh
Andy
Mike
Jonathan
Ricky
Patrick comes up a few times