I agree that this song is about not losing his muse, but wanting her to come to him - almost praying to "her" for inspiration. But I also think that the chorus is about her arriving. I don't think that "there she goes" means departure... I think that he means she is doing it again - helping to see his beautiful world. He has been visited by the muse before and he would do anything to see her again. The litany of ailments may be intended to point out that even great artists, writers and philosophers were human and also had to struggle to reach their acheivements.
This has to be one of the most hopeful things that Mr. Cave has put on record:
"So if you got a trumpet, get on your feet,
brother, and blow it
If you've got a field, that don't yield,
well get up [now] and hoe it"
Sounds like a do-it-yourself / punk ethic to me. In other words, his art may not be perfect ("you weren't much of a muse") but he never promised that it would be ("I weren't much of a poet"). He tries, he knows that he may fail, but it doesn't matter if the muse will just visit one more time. Notice the last time around that he says "here she comes" before the chorus.
I agree that this song is about not losing his muse, but wanting her to come to him - almost praying to "her" for inspiration. But I also think that the chorus is about her arriving. I don't think that "there she goes" means departure... I think that he means she is doing it again - helping to see his beautiful world. He has been visited by the muse before and he would do anything to see her again. The litany of ailments may be intended to point out that even great artists, writers and philosophers were human and also had to struggle to reach their acheivements.
This has to be one of the most hopeful things that Mr. Cave has put on record:
"So if you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it If you've got a field, that don't yield, well get up [now] and hoe it"
Sounds like a do-it-yourself / punk ethic to me. In other words, his art may not be perfect ("you weren't much of a muse") but he never promised that it would be ("I weren't much of a poet"). He tries, he knows that he may fail, but it doesn't matter if the muse will just visit one more time. Notice the last time around that he says "here she comes" before the chorus.