To me the song appears to be about a man that the narrator has known since he was were a boy. The description: "You know you're gold / You don't got to worry none / Oasis child born and so wild" I interpret as the man's cushy situation in life due to very successful parents; when the line "Oasis child" hits it makes me think that he is an only child, long yearned for and adored. But at the same time, he is isolated in many ways -- an oasis, despite its lushness, is still surrounded by desert. The isolation, resources available, and parent's spoiling enable the boy to be wild both in personality and action.
When the narrator says they know the man better than the rest, a sense of history and real knowledge of the person is shown, and later, with the line, "Oasis child born into a man" this seems to imply it's a lifelong relationship of watching the man grow up.
I'm less sure about the next verse: "Your love is stag / In the white sand / Wilderness for miles / Eyes so mild and wise". However, my guess is that the narrator is describing that oasis isolation, this time in terms of lovers and emotions. "Stag" in this context means alone but I also feel like it has several connotations (as most of the lines and words in this song do). I get a vision of this man standing in the sand looking out on all of the wilderness around him and feeling calm and satisfied like it's all his for the taking -- not that he is literally standing in an oasis looking out, but as a metaphor for how he interacts with the world, "the wilderness", which I believe to include potential lovers. This gives an underlining meaning to the phrase "Your love is stag" in the sense that he does not commit to any one person but gives his love in solo, fleeting connections. He is confident in his abilities to obtain what he wants and is skillful as a social manipulator and lover, but ultimately he is always alone and stays true to only himself.
The chorus is where the lyrics really become brilliant: "All deception from you/ Anyway you run / You run before us / Black and white horse / Arching among us".
When the narrator calls him a black and white horse, I think it's a clever way of saying that the man is two-faced. He is both black and white at the same time, all deception, never showing his real self. Saying that any way that he runs, he runs before them implies that he is both popular and constantly trying to stay one step ahead of everyone, weaving his lies and covering his deceptions. The chorus seems to be the perspective of the narrator on the man's behavior in their circle of friends -- this master manipulator, lying and charming (and probably buying) his way along from person to person. But the narrator knows him and his tricks. They watched him grow up, they know about his oasis and his black and white character.
To me the song appears to be about a man that the narrator has known since he was were a boy. The description: "You know you're gold / You don't got to worry none / Oasis child born and so wild" I interpret as the man's cushy situation in life due to very successful parents; when the line "Oasis child" hits it makes me think that he is an only child, long yearned for and adored. But at the same time, he is isolated in many ways -- an oasis, despite its lushness, is still surrounded by desert. The isolation, resources available, and parent's spoiling enable the boy to be wild both in personality and action.
When the narrator says they know the man better than the rest, a sense of history and real knowledge of the person is shown, and later, with the line, "Oasis child born into a man" this seems to imply it's a lifelong relationship of watching the man grow up.
I'm less sure about the next verse: "Your love is stag / In the white sand / Wilderness for miles / Eyes so mild and wise". However, my guess is that the narrator is describing that oasis isolation, this time in terms of lovers and emotions. "Stag" in this context means alone but I also feel like it has several connotations (as most of the lines and words in this song do). I get a vision of this man standing in the sand looking out on all of the wilderness around him and feeling calm and satisfied like it's all his for the taking -- not that he is literally standing in an oasis looking out, but as a metaphor for how he interacts with the world, "the wilderness", which I believe to include potential lovers. This gives an underlining meaning to the phrase "Your love is stag" in the sense that he does not commit to any one person but gives his love in solo, fleeting connections. He is confident in his abilities to obtain what he wants and is skillful as a social manipulator and lover, but ultimately he is always alone and stays true to only himself.
The chorus is where the lyrics really become brilliant: "All deception from you/ Anyway you run / You run before us / Black and white horse / Arching among us".
When the narrator calls him a black and white horse, I think it's a clever way of saying that the man is two-faced. He is both black and white at the same time, all deception, never showing his real self. Saying that any way that he runs, he runs before them implies that he is both popular and constantly trying to stay one step ahead of everyone, weaving his lies and covering his deceptions. The chorus seems to be the perspective of the narrator on the man's behavior in their circle of friends -- this master manipulator, lying and charming (and probably buying) his way along from person to person. But the narrator knows him and his tricks. They watched him grow up, they know about his oasis and his black and white character.
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great analysis
great analysis
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This is definitely the same impression I got from the song. The only difference being that I imagined all this about the female gender.
This is definitely the same impression I got from the song. The only difference being that I imagined all this about the female gender.