| Michael Martin Murphey – Wildfire Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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@[Stoneformpally:33817] Except that the song specifically says that she went chasing *after* the horse. First he breaks out of his stall and runs off into the blizzard, and she runs after, calling for him. Both are presumed dead, but neither was ever found. I don't think she and the pony are "general" grim reapers. I don't see her as ferrying just any souls to the other side. I think that it's personal. The singer is someone she was close to, and in grace and love, it will be she and the pony (so he expects) sent to collect his soul and bring him to heaven, away from all the pain and toil of the mortal world. He's sure she's already on the way. |
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| Michael Martin Murphey – Wildfire Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| @[debbieann:33816] Murphy also ties the horse into Christian prophecy. The Bible depicts Christ as riding to His triumph on a white horse, so Murphy relates the final ride on Wildfire as being away from the trials and tribulations of this fallen world and into the glory of heaven. He had been told the legends of the ghost horse as a child, but the dream he had brought the concepts together in song. | |
| Michael Martin Murphey – Wildfire Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| @[billyzc:33815] He's not saying "her." It's a "vocable." He's saying something more like "uh." Similar to when some singers sing about "a-rock n' roll." | |
| Michael Martin Murphey – Wildfire Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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@[kmidafternoon:33814] true, but there was also a blizzard, and those DO kill people. "In a blizzard he [Wildfire] was lost. She ran, calling 'Wildfire!' She ran, calling "Wildfire!' . . . " The pony ran off into the blizzard, and she ran after him, and neither was ever seen again. |
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