Lyric discussion by dsarge 

Cover art for A Crater to Cough In lyrics by Circle Takes the Square

this may not be ground breaking stuff, but maybe it'll get the ball rolling for someone else to throw in their 2 cents:<br> points the rain has drawn = a river, gateposts of the forest and portal of the pines = forest on each side of the river, which compulsion.. = what will the effect of the sinking ship have. walls of a broken coughing tent = wind in the broken sail, sees the moon through it, obtuse = those things uncommon. makes a comparison to the waves being like music, and the lightning through the mast is a wave breaking the sail pole, famished dogs = tired crew, paws drag me to the dock = using paddles to row, pisces (fish) craves = drowning , man made lake = ???.... that's all i got for now