about a girl he loves who sees a psychiatrist. the willing stick and fine young knives metaphore is pretty straightforward. she beckons guys, and it makes him crazy and want to give up, "it's enough to make you take yourhead and put it in a bag". there are a lot of puzzleing lines like "tell me how you do that crazy trick where you walk around asleep" and "now you're selling off the house so you can buy the farm" the end if pretty clear, the girl is hurt emotionally and uses drugs probably prescribed by a psychiatrist, but he doesn't think drugs are helping since they only provide "there is no cure, only reprieve / some fleeting joy posing as balance"
about a girl he loves who sees a psychiatrist. the willing stick and fine young knives metaphore is pretty straightforward. she beckons guys, and it makes him crazy and want to give up, "it's enough to make you take yourhead and put it in a bag". there are a lot of puzzleing lines like "tell me how you do that crazy trick where you walk around asleep" and "now you're selling off the house so you can buy the farm" the end if pretty clear, the girl is hurt emotionally and uses drugs probably prescribed by a psychiatrist, but he doesn't think drugs are helping since they only provide "there is no cure, only reprieve / some fleeting joy posing as balance"
what an intense build up and climax, sweet song
"Buy the farm" means to die.
"Buy the farm" means to die.