My idea about that line is a description to say that he's feeling not in the right place. A knight from an old book, who is in this century, so in a strange world... But no idea if that's true..
My idea about that line is a description to say that he's feeling not in the right place. A knight from an old book, who is in this century, so in a strange world... But no idea if that's true..
He later changed the lyric to "like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book," comparing this to "saving all his ribbons for thee" which seems to me like a kind of mandatory chivalry and devotion.
He also added (at the same time) "it was the shape of our love that twisted me," which doesn't go as well with the knight, except that maybe he means he can't believe how head-over-heels he was to act with this sort of devotion, contrary to his intentions.
He later changed the lyric to "like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book," comparing this to "saving all his ribbons for thee" which seems to me like a kind of mandatory chivalry and devotion.
He also added (at the same time) "it was the shape of our love that twisted me," which doesn't go as well with the knight, except that maybe he means he can't believe how head-over-heels he was to act with this sort of devotion, contrary to his intentions.
The only line that seems out of place is "like a knight from some old-fashioned book". Does he mean that he imagines himself as a great, noble lover?
My idea about that line is a description to say that he's feeling not in the right place. A knight from an old book, who is in this century, so in a strange world... But no idea if that's true..
My idea about that line is a description to say that he's feeling not in the right place. A knight from an old book, who is in this century, so in a strange world... But no idea if that's true..
He later changed the lyric to "like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book," comparing this to "saving all his ribbons for thee" which seems to me like a kind of mandatory chivalry and devotion. He also added (at the same time) "it was the shape of our love that twisted me," which doesn't go as well with the knight, except that maybe he means he can't believe how head-over-heels he was to act with this sort of devotion, contrary to his intentions.
He later changed the lyric to "like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book," comparing this to "saving all his ribbons for thee" which seems to me like a kind of mandatory chivalry and devotion. He also added (at the same time) "it was the shape of our love that twisted me," which doesn't go as well with the knight, except that maybe he means he can't believe how head-over-heels he was to act with this sort of devotion, contrary to his intentions.