Beth/Rest

I can't help but feel this song is about love between two men. It could I guess be between a man and a woman but I feel like the speaker is male and his friend/lover sounds like a male based mainly on the hiding of emotion from those around him.

errant heat to the star It's been cold and now it is starting to warm up; he's talking about a person's soul.

and the rain let in The ice has let up and rain is now starting to fall, melting the heart of a friend who is letting him through his icy exterior

the hawser rolls, the vessel's whole and Christ, it's thin A hawser is a thick rope used for towing ships, in this song it would seem that the speaker is trying to pull a friend back in the right direction or out of deep depression. He's looking at the hull of the ship/his friend's psyche, and while whole, realizes just how thin and fragile it really is.

well I'd know that you'd offer would reveal it, though it's soft and flat I think here he's saying that he knows his friend would tell him if he could but it's hard because of the emotions involved. Men tend to put up emotional barriers concerning love, especially in a homosexual relationship involving someone who previously didn't think it was possible for themselves to love another man.

won't repeat it, cull and coffer's that He's telling his friend that he'd not going to tell anyone what is said but will take those words and put them away in his own heart for safe keeping.

for the soffit, hang this homeward I think he's using soffit to as a metaphor for the soft, vulnerable underbelly, raw emotion. Something that is typically protected. The "hang this homeward" line I think is him telling his friend to focus on the speaker's concern and love to steady himself while dealing with others, homeward, towards family and friends.

pry it open with your love sending lost and alone standing offers Here I think the speaker is begging his friend to accept his offers for help/love. He want's him to open his heart, "pry it open with your love," because he's been sincerely telling his friend to come to him at any time.

it is steep / it is stone such recovery from the daily press, the deepest nest, in keeper's keep Here he's saying that he know's it's hard to keep private matters private in today's world with media everywhere getting into everyone's business, but it can be done. It is just hard to do.

all the news at the door such a revelry well, it's hocked inside of everything you said to me He know's the truth about his friend's life that noone else knows, everyone else has a different impression altogether.

it was found what we orphaned didn't mention it would serve us picked said your love is known I'm standing up on it Here he's saying flat out, "I love you." That love, abandoned by both, is the foundation for his life and he knows it.

aren't we married?! I ain't living in the dark no more it's not a promise, I'm just gonna call it Here he's saying that he's just gonna call a duck, a duck. They are like a married couple whether they like it or not.

heavy mitted love they've both handled thier love clumsily

our love is a star sure some hazardry for the light before and after most indefinitely Their love shines brightly despite mistakes they've both made and just like in the past they may encounter problems but it will continue to burn.