| KT Tunstall – Black Horse and the Cherry Tree Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song IS simple, but it does have meaning. Just read the words and she lays it out. She says her heart is going to tell the story because her heart understands itself best. And the story goes, she came upon an urgent decision to make between a big black horse and a cherry tree. I agree that the horse stands for danger and love, and the cherry tree is practicality. It may have even literally been a lover who asked her to marry him. She chooses to be practical and soon after the decision, her heart started to ache, and she had to turn off her emotions (stopped it dead for a beat or two). But she cut the cord between her heart and the person she loves, can't get over it and regrets it. So, as she reviews this decision, she knows her heart wanted to stay with love, and realizes she has a whole in her body because her heart is not hers. And the world sees it through this song. Then, her heart says to her she is "not the one for me." In other words, her heart doesn't want to stay with her because she made the wrong decision. It's a decision that becomes a battle between her mind and her heart... and her heart chooses to ditch her (my heart's forsaken me) but the decision was made and she can't get back to the horse and the cherry tree again, but she is trying for her heart's sake. Moral: always follow your heart when it comes to love, cause your heart knows itself best. | |
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