There are people who think about a song for 60 seconds, and the first thing that comes to their mind, they are forever after sure the song is about. And then it's always drugs, death, or some wildly implausible scenario.
The guy's in the desert to think. He's spending quite some time out there. He's thinking. He does not die. The horse is not a metaphor. End of story. Even if the songwriter wasn't on record saying this, it's obvious from the lyrics themselves.
There are people who think about a song for 60 seconds, and the first thing that comes to their mind, they are forever after sure the song is about. And then it's always drugs, death, or some wildly implausible scenario.
The guy's in the desert to think. He's spending quite some time out there. He's thinking. He does not die. The horse is not a metaphor. End of story. Even if the songwriter wasn't on record saying this, it's obvious from the lyrics themselves.