I think this song is about an abusive father, and this song is coming from his perspective.
"Where were you when I was still kind" is pretty much him saying his son should have been around when he wasn't ill-tempered and grumpy.
The dry gin drinker could also symbolize his alcoholism.
But he still tries to be a good father and he recollects times from when he took his son to a circus, and the "Master and a hound" is him and his hound--his son-- who will do anything because he loves his father unconditionally.
Then he asks his son to shake a snow globe, not exactly sure why, but maybe so he can try and bond with his son.
And then they are back to the memories of the carnivals and how the carnival songs followed them as they "flew" around the carnival.
The Lucky Coins could have two meanings in my opinion. The first is he wants his son to throw him some lucky coins so they can win prizes together, or it could generally be the idea of him asking him to give him money to go to rehab and be a better person.
I really like your interpretation!
But i want to add another meaning to the Lucky Coins:
They could symbolise the son's forgiveness to his father, and let them start over their relationship.
I really like your interpretation!
But i want to add another meaning to the Lucky Coins:
They could symbolise the son's forgiveness to his father, and let them start over their relationship.
@think0fme The snow globe seems to be a gift the father gave his son a long time ago.
And the wing-nut turned
The song that we both know
Sent us flying round the carnival
@think0fme The snow globe seems to be a gift the father gave his son a long time ago.
And the wing-nut turned
The song that we both know
Sent us flying round the carnival
I'm pretty sure the wing-nut would be the little nob you would turn to make music, lots of snow globes have them, so it seems the father gave the son a snow globe that played carnival music where they used to go a long time ago. So it's all about the father regretfully reminiscing and wishing he could go back to those times but knowing that he can't.
I think this song is about an abusive father, and this song is coming from his perspective.
"Where were you when I was still kind" is pretty much him saying his son should have been around when he wasn't ill-tempered and grumpy.
The dry gin drinker could also symbolize his alcoholism.
But he still tries to be a good father and he recollects times from when he took his son to a circus, and the "Master and a hound" is him and his hound--his son-- who will do anything because he loves his father unconditionally.
Then he asks his son to shake a snow globe, not exactly sure why, but maybe so he can try and bond with his son.
And then they are back to the memories of the carnivals and how the carnival songs followed them as they "flew" around the carnival.
The Lucky Coins could have two meanings in my opinion. The first is he wants his son to throw him some lucky coins so they can win prizes together, or it could generally be the idea of him asking him to give him money to go to rehab and be a better person.
I really like your interpretation! But i want to add another meaning to the Lucky Coins: They could symbolise the son's forgiveness to his father, and let them start over their relationship.
I really like your interpretation! But i want to add another meaning to the Lucky Coins: They could symbolise the son's forgiveness to his father, and let them start over their relationship.
@think0fme The snow globe seems to be a gift the father gave his son a long time ago. And the wing-nut turned The song that we both know Sent us flying round the carnival
@think0fme The snow globe seems to be a gift the father gave his son a long time ago. And the wing-nut turned The song that we both know Sent us flying round the carnival
I'm pretty sure the wing-nut would be the little nob you would turn to make music, lots of snow globes have them, so it seems the father gave the son a snow globe that played carnival music where they used to go a long time ago. So it's all about the father regretfully reminiscing and wishing he could go back to those times but knowing that he can't.