I have no idea when this song was written, but after reading & seeing Brokeback Mountain, I can't help but have a different idea about what this song is about than before. "We may well find you laid like your steed in his reins"...? hm. The album came out before the movie, but the Annie Proulx story was published a few years before that.
but more likely, the last stanza is about death of this cowboy. we are bringing him gifts one last time, he's laid out for the funeral. and "in his reins" refers to God. like your steed in god's reins, tangled too tight and too long to fight. wow, what an amazing song.
but still, post-brokeback, it acquires another great meaning.
Can anyone translate the Spanish? In the liner notes, it's written:
"Nunca pense que jamás
Tener la oportunidad de reencontrar el camino de nuevo
Para formar un mundo mejor"
my weak spanish skillz say something like:
"never think it's too late
to take the opportunity to meet again the road
to make a better world."
@roglewis@roglewis reins are apart of the bridle setup, so I wonder if like maybe he road the strength out of his stallion, he followed the demise with drinking to cope with his tough rancher lifestyle and his reins represent the ribs he restricted himself with through coping with his conflict? I wonder if he rode the horse in a drunken state until he fell and got tangled in his reins in the fall and died there? Like in Black Beauty?
@roglewis@roglewis reins are apart of the bridle setup, so I wonder if like maybe he road the strength out of his stallion, he followed the demise with drinking to cope with his tough rancher lifestyle and his reins represent the ribs he restricted himself with through coping with his conflict? I wonder if he rode the horse in a drunken state until he fell and got tangled in his reins in the fall and died there? Like in Black Beauty?
I have no idea but I ride and that is what I thought about before deciding to check out others' opinions.
I have no idea when this song was written, but after reading & seeing Brokeback Mountain, I can't help but have a different idea about what this song is about than before. "We may well find you laid like your steed in his reins"...? hm. The album came out before the movie, but the Annie Proulx story was published a few years before that.
but more likely, the last stanza is about death of this cowboy. we are bringing him gifts one last time, he's laid out for the funeral. and "in his reins" refers to God. like your steed in god's reins, tangled too tight and too long to fight. wow, what an amazing song.
but still, post-brokeback, it acquires another great meaning.
Can anyone translate the Spanish? In the liner notes, it's written: "Nunca pense que jamás Tener la oportunidad de reencontrar el camino de nuevo Para formar un mundo mejor"
my weak spanish skillz say something like: "never think it's too late to take the opportunity to meet again the road to make a better world."
its actually: "i thought that id never get the chance to find the road again to make a better world"
its actually: "i thought that id never get the chance to find the road again to make a better world"
@roglewis @roglewis reins are apart of the bridle setup, so I wonder if like maybe he road the strength out of his stallion, he followed the demise with drinking to cope with his tough rancher lifestyle and his reins represent the ribs he restricted himself with through coping with his conflict? I wonder if he rode the horse in a drunken state until he fell and got tangled in his reins in the fall and died there? Like in Black Beauty?
@roglewis @roglewis reins are apart of the bridle setup, so I wonder if like maybe he road the strength out of his stallion, he followed the demise with drinking to cope with his tough rancher lifestyle and his reins represent the ribs he restricted himself with through coping with his conflict? I wonder if he rode the horse in a drunken state until he fell and got tangled in his reins in the fall and died there? Like in Black Beauty?
I have no idea but I ride and that is what I thought about before deciding to check out others' opinions.