This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
Don't forget me Ida , come back to me again
Don't forget me Ida , don't forget my eyes
They way they beg you Ida , beneath the starlit skies
Sweet as apple cider , softer than a tear
You took away the green grass and left me waiting here
The morning rains, come home again , the hunter from the hills
Ev'rybody needs you home again
I guess they always will
Through the storm you wander
Through each covered glen
Please don't forget me Ida , come back to me again
Don't forget me Ida , don't forget my eyes
They way they beg you Ida , beneath the starlit skies
Sweet as apple cider , softer than a tear
You took away the green grass and left me waiting here
The morning rains, come home again, the hunter from the hills
Ev'rybody needs you home again
I guess they always will
Through the storm you wander
Through each covered glen
Please don't forget me Ida, come back to me again
Don't forget me Ida , don't forget my eyes
They way they beg you Ida , beneath the starlit skies
Sweet as apple cider , softer than a tear
You took away the green grass and left me waiting here
The morning rains, come home again , the hunter from the hills
Ev'rybody needs you home again
I guess they always will
Through the storm you wander
Through each covered glen
Please don't forget me Ida , come back to me again
Don't forget me Ida , don't forget my eyes
They way they beg you Ida , beneath the starlit skies
Sweet as apple cider , softer than a tear
You took away the green grass and left me waiting here
The morning rains, come home again, the hunter from the hills
Ev'rybody needs you home again
I guess they always will
Through the storm you wander
Through each covered glen
Please don't forget me Ida, come back to me again
Lyrics submitted by nabzouk
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