A Distance There Is

this song is basically about a female in a relationship thats not going well. ''Come in out of the rain thou sayest- But thou ne'er step'st aside, '' - her male lover is asking her to return to him,but he still does not want to change his ways. the same ways that made her leave in the first place

''And i'm trapp'd, A distance there is '' - she is so confused,trapped,becus they r stil apart

''None, save me and the bodkin, Pitter patter on the roof. Behold! 'tis not the rain; Thence me it has to be. '' - i am alone, i have to fend for myself. i come knocking at ur door

''I will not drink thy vintage wine, my dear. Thou hast heed'd that I am of innocence, Yet thou let'st thy lass into peril. Thou let'st me be parched. '' - she expresses that he sees her weakness, and he exploits it. yet he claims he loves her

''My heart is of frailty, my pale skin is hued damask''

• frailty - moral weakness

''When thou thy tears hast hidden, Come back!" thou sayest, " - she thinks to herself that after he realizes the pain he put her thru ( he sheds tears ), he calls her back

"There I soon am to be, But how am I to run when my bones, my heart. Thou hast me bereaft, But run thou sayest, I run. " - she thinks ''how am i supposed to come back to u, when u have left me unhappy. but al the same i return to u becus i love u

"And there and then i behold that a time will come when I again dead will be. Thou tell'st me to leave without delay. I leave with my bodkin and my tears in my hands; Lo! the shadows, the sky descending; So by a dint of smite I gait ere I run and melt together with dusk. " - she knows she will still be unhappy becus he wil never change his ways. she will leave him crying yet again. ' so by a dint of smite i gait' (meaning - by the force of being attacked i run)gives the imression that he abuses her.

"In my mind in which is this event, but it seems as if naught is to change anyway? " - all this is being played out in her thoughts, in her mind. but in reality, she cannot pluck up courage to leave him

"After all these years thou left'st me down in the emotional depths. The sombre soaked velvet-drape is hung upon me. Turning my feelings away from our so ingorant world, All the beautiful moments shared, deliberately push'd aside. A distance there is. "

• in reality, she is miserable. she lays there reminising on their past, the good times they shared, and how they have been thrown away. they are together in person but spiritually apart. a distance there is.