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Painted Horse Lyrics
Child on a painted horse
Streams that will run their course
Gone to a far away shore
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Days of another kind
Frost gets a bruising vine
Why did the carpenter die
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Sweet as a rose so fine
Peaceful as a final time
How old could the lion man cry
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Thoughts of a winter moon
Warm in a distant room
Why did I fall asleep so soon
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Streams that will run their course
Gone to a far away shore
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Frost gets a bruising vine
Why did the carpenter die
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Peaceful as a final time
How old could the lion man cry
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
Warm in a distant room
Why did I fall asleep so soon
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping
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Each verse seems to be singing about the death of someone. The first verse about the death of a child ... not sure who in particular the second and third verse are directly referring to.
The last verse is singing about their own death.
"Thoughts of a winter moon" - winter relates to death many times in literature "Warm in a distant room" - that is in death their body is cold, but their spirit is warm elsewhere "Why did I fall asleep so soon" - death equates to sleep
Well one way I interpreted the song.
Could this all be a dream of the narrator?? The first three verses paint a picture of a vivid fantasy dream "Child on a painted horse", lion man" etc. etc. Similarly could be a drug induced fantasy or because a depressive state of the mind.
The last verse could be seen as them literally asleep and dreaming.
"Thoughts of a winter moon Warm in a distant room Why did I fall asleep so soon"
These lines could allude to that their fantasy world is cold but they are really at home safe and warm in bed.