I think that this is a song comprised of several different characters (obviously) with most of the focus given to the writer (who I think is, in some part, Meloy) -- it's very simple with lots of repetition, but I think it comes down to one moral -- All of these people are something by their very nature; it's in their bones, it's who they are, and they're calling out, "If you don't love me let me go" -- or, if you don't love me for who I really am, let me go.
Going deeper, you could look at the writer and think, he's trying to rid this love from his bones, so maybe she's become a part of him (assuming the first person is male, sorry) as well; or, he is becoming a part of her, as in "I am the heart that you call home". Yet, he's just a writer of fictions; he's trying to write her out of his life, but she won't let go.
So they're all people with dilemmas of the heart -- all having to do with the permanent who they are perhaps conflicting with their love's perception of them; or anyone's perception of them for that matter.
I kind of think the point is all the characters, the engine driver, the lineman, the moneylender, all know who they are. They tell their jobs and seem to accept what they are.
I kind of think the point is all the characters, the engine driver, the lineman, the moneylender, all know who they are. They tell their jobs and seem to accept what they are.
But the writer doesn't know who he is. He just writes to keep away a person who he loved. He doesn't really have that much of an identity separate from her because whenever he talks about himself, he relates it to this other person.
But the writer doesn't know who he is. He just writes to keep away a person who he loved. He doesn't really have that much of an identity separate from her because whenever he talks about himself, he relates it to this other person.
Okay, meaning now.
I think that this is a song comprised of several different characters (obviously) with most of the focus given to the writer (who I think is, in some part, Meloy) -- it's very simple with lots of repetition, but I think it comes down to one moral -- All of these people are something by their very nature; it's in their bones, it's who they are, and they're calling out, "If you don't love me let me go" -- or, if you don't love me for who I really am, let me go.
Going deeper, you could look at the writer and think, he's trying to rid this love from his bones, so maybe she's become a part of him (assuming the first person is male, sorry) as well; or, he is becoming a part of her, as in "I am the heart that you call home". Yet, he's just a writer of fictions; he's trying to write her out of his life, but she won't let go.
So they're all people with dilemmas of the heart -- all having to do with the permanent who they are perhaps conflicting with their love's perception of them; or anyone's perception of them for that matter.
In any case, it's a beautiful song. Love it.
I kind of think the point is all the characters, the engine driver, the lineman, the moneylender, all know who they are. They tell their jobs and seem to accept what they are.
I kind of think the point is all the characters, the engine driver, the lineman, the moneylender, all know who they are. They tell their jobs and seem to accept what they are.
But the writer doesn't know who he is. He just writes to keep away a person who he loved. He doesn't really have that much of an identity separate from her because whenever he talks about himself, he relates it to this other person.
But the writer doesn't know who he is. He just writes to keep away a person who he loved. He doesn't really have that much of an identity separate from her because whenever he talks about himself, he relates it to this other person.
Just how I see it :-)
Just how I see it :-)
@trisweb If you are right it's one of the deepest songs in existence, even now ... OH NO I WAS 5 WHEN YOU MADE THIS COMMENT-
@trisweb If you are right it's one of the deepest songs in existence, even now ... OH NO I WAS 5 WHEN YOU MADE THIS COMMENT-