This is a song about war, and love, and remembrance. It is a very sad and beautiful song. It demonstrates that the pain of war can be felt at home and abroad. I like to believe the main line "Are you going to Scarborough Fair" is a conversation being held at a crossroad between our world and the world beyond. The soldier who has died can't seem to find his way home and desperately tries to send word to the woman he loves in Scarborough to tell her to prepare for his return. But, he is in a sort of limbo to walk the earth and to never find his way, while she has to learn to live without her one true love.
This is a song about war, and love, and remembrance. It is a very sad and beautiful song. It demonstrates that the pain of war can be felt at home and abroad. I like to believe the main line "Are you going to Scarborough Fair" is a conversation being held at a crossroad between our world and the world beyond. The soldier who has died can't seem to find his way home and desperately tries to send word to the woman he loves in Scarborough to tell her to prepare for his return. But, he is in a sort of limbo to walk the earth and to never find his way, while she has to learn to live without her one true love.