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April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
May she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June she'll change her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night
July she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September I remember
A love once new has now grown old
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
May she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June she'll change her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night
July she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September I remember
A love once new has now grown old
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Of course it's also referentially about the seasons.
"April come she will"- they came together, began a relationship
"May she will stay, resting in my arms..."- they were in love, each other was all they needed
"June she'll change her tune"- she begins to change, to drift away
"July she will fly, and give no warning to her flight"- she leaves without warning
"August die she must"- this isn't saying that he literally killed her, or that she died... but rather that she died to him- to make it easier to move on
"September I remember, a love once new has now grown old"- this is where he is now looking back, remembering everything that used to be.
I think this is such a beautiful piece of poetry and a lovely Simon and Garfunkel song.
'Die she must' could symbolise the complete ending of their relationship (she was dead to him etc) but also the 'must' is quite a forceful word, a deluded lover (think: Brendan Block in Secret Smile's stalking and manipulative behaviour) could have killed the girl because she left him, as something that simply must happen because she wouldn't stay and therefore should be dead, both metaphorically and literally.
"April come she will" - literally the start of the season
"May she will stay, resting in my arms again" - team gets on a roll, in midseason form
"June she'll change her tune" - team goes through a slump, sad times all around
"July she will fly, and give no warning..." - the whim and fickleness of the trade deadline
"August die she must" - a morale-crushing losing streak that drops the team out of playoff contention
"September I remember, a love once new has now grown old" - the season ends
This interpretation was borne from having heard this song for the first time in years on Opening Day and thinking "holy ****", this totally fits.
The depth of how it is sung makes Paul Simon seem like an old soul. He takes a simple poetic idea and puts it into a simple three stanza format and a miracle was created with this song.
Just a beautiful song. The lyricists during the 1960s were quit amazing. There was something about that decade that mused perhaps the greatest song lyrics ever written. Those who can write a lyric aren't recognized these days it seems because the lyrics written these days seem to emphasize materialism or egocentricity or is just a bunch of lines of cliche.
Or is it that people have forgotten to write good song lyrics? I wonder if any song writers feel challenged to write something meaningful when they hear a song like this.
Paul Simon, what can you say about the man. He was touched some force to have been able to come with so many amazing lyrics seemingly effortlessly.
Living a life is an amazing thing.
Cheers
This song was always more of a poem than anything else to me, and the meaning is easily and universally understood. Simon & Garfunkel wrote great songs about age loss and time, and April Come She Will epitomizes their skill within the theme genre. I always get teary eyed when listening to the song, and emotions flood within me. There are so many memories, so many experiences, and so many times I felt the song could have been named after me. Good things never last forever, and it is until you remember what you lost you realize how good you had it.