I agree with the above comment by lazyesq. "When we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart" clarifies that the relationship is in the past.
This song is not about a marriage or couple, but rather an all-consuming (perhaps unrequited) love that still exists. I believe the harvest moon parallels a calendar year to the seasons of life...suggesting that his life is soon ending. He is reflecting upon this intense love that he still feels in his older years for a person he wishes to be with again, even if briefly for a single evening/dance.
Another line: "Just like children sleepin', We could dream this night away" is also being interpreted too literally. I feel that this just also correlates to the fact that years have passed between their being together, and he wants their reuniting to be wondrous, ethereal - such like childlike dreams.
I understand this song as a deep love that will always exist, though the two involved were separated and probably always will be. I do not think the separation is particularly desired by either party.
Out of all the interpretations I've read here, yours, to me, is spot on. It sounds like they were once lovers (probably high school), separated for whatever reason (we were silly kids back then and did silly things with regrets, especially thinking you are too young to fall in love and have it last), but he is still in love with her... but for also whatever reason (current marriage, distance, death), it sounds like he can't be with her but would love to have just "one more dance", to feel her close, to feel again the love they...
Out of all the interpretations I've read here, yours, to me, is spot on. It sounds like they were once lovers (probably high school), separated for whatever reason (we were silly kids back then and did silly things with regrets, especially thinking you are too young to fall in love and have it last), but he is still in love with her... but for also whatever reason (current marriage, distance, death), it sounds like he can't be with her but would love to have just "one more dance", to feel her close, to feel again the love they once had that he misses so much, while under the glow of a full moon. Maybe the Harvest Moon reference is as simple as their first date, their first kiss, when they first fell in love, or when they first made love... under the Harvest Moon. Such a beautiful song, but in a way, also so sad... .... ... I can so relate... ... ... sigh... ... ...
I agree with the above comment by lazyesq. "When we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart" clarifies that the relationship is in the past.
This song is not about a marriage or couple, but rather an all-consuming (perhaps unrequited) love that still exists. I believe the harvest moon parallels a calendar year to the seasons of life...suggesting that his life is soon ending. He is reflecting upon this intense love that he still feels in his older years for a person he wishes to be with again, even if briefly for a single evening/dance.
Another line: "Just like children sleepin', We could dream this night away" is also being interpreted too literally. I feel that this just also correlates to the fact that years have passed between their being together, and he wants their reuniting to be wondrous, ethereal - such like childlike dreams.
I understand this song as a deep love that will always exist, though the two involved were separated and probably always will be. I do not think the separation is particularly desired by either party.
Out of all the interpretations I've read here, yours, to me, is spot on. It sounds like they were once lovers (probably high school), separated for whatever reason (we were silly kids back then and did silly things with regrets, especially thinking you are too young to fall in love and have it last), but he is still in love with her... but for also whatever reason (current marriage, distance, death), it sounds like he can't be with her but would love to have just "one more dance", to feel her close, to feel again the love they...
Out of all the interpretations I've read here, yours, to me, is spot on. It sounds like they were once lovers (probably high school), separated for whatever reason (we were silly kids back then and did silly things with regrets, especially thinking you are too young to fall in love and have it last), but he is still in love with her... but for also whatever reason (current marriage, distance, death), it sounds like he can't be with her but would love to have just "one more dance", to feel her close, to feel again the love they once had that he misses so much, while under the glow of a full moon. Maybe the Harvest Moon reference is as simple as their first date, their first kiss, when they first fell in love, or when they first made love... under the Harvest Moon. Such a beautiful song, but in a way, also so sad... .... ... I can so relate... ... ... sigh... ... ...