Alright, alot of you got close to the mark. Here's another one of my line-by-line, nausiatingly long but still pretty entertaining, posts.
"You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley"
The introduction of the song. The couple in question is in the field of barley. The man has informed the woman she will remember this moment. Not much hidden meaning here, yet.
"You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold"
Pretty obvious metaphor. The field of barley is so beautiful and bright - made all the more beautiful by the presence of the woman in question - that the sun, the epitomy of brillience and light, is jealous.
"So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley"
That was a nice way of saying they had sex in the field.
"In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold"
Ditto
"Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley"
Will you marry me? Stay with me forever? He just proposed.
"We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold"
Forget the world, all that matters is you and me. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, I want to marry you. The reference to the sun comes from stanza one, but now refers to some sort of leader, possible the family of one of the parties involved.
"See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold"
He's just in love. I found a whole bunch of metaphores here before I realized I was overanalyzing. This stanza really doesn't mean much.
"I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold"
I haven't lived up to everything I've promised, but I promise you I'll always love you.
"Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold"
Years passed, they're looking back on their proposal. Now it is no longer them who run in the fields of barley, it's their children, off to start thier own lives.
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
Alright, alot of you got close to the mark. Here's another one of my line-by-line, nausiatingly long but still pretty entertaining, posts.
"You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley"
The introduction of the song. The couple in question is in the field of barley. The man has informed the woman she will remember this moment. Not much hidden meaning here, yet.
"You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we walk in fields of gold"
Pretty obvious metaphor. The field of barley is so beautiful and bright - made all the more beautiful by the presence of the woman in question - that the sun, the epitomy of brillience and light, is jealous.
"So she took her love For to gaze awhile Upon the fields of barley"
That was a nice way of saying they had sex in the field.
"In his arms she fell as her hair came down Among the fields of gold"
Ditto
"Will you stay with me, will you be my love Among the fields of barley"
Will you marry me? Stay with me forever? He just proposed.
"We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky As we lie in fields of gold"
Forget the world, all that matters is you and me. It doesn't matter what anyone else says, I want to marry you. The reference to the sun comes from stanza one, but now refers to some sort of leader, possible the family of one of the parties involved.
"See the west wind move like a lover so Upon the fields of barley Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth Among the fields of gold"
He's just in love. I found a whole bunch of metaphores here before I realized I was overanalyzing. This stanza really doesn't mean much.
"I never made promises lightly And there have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We'll walk in fields of gold"
I haven't lived up to everything I've promised, but I promise you I'll always love you.
"Many years have passed since those summer days Among the fields of barley See the children run as the sun goes down Among the fields of gold"
Years passed, they're looking back on their proposal. Now it is no longer them who run in the fields of barley, it's their children, off to start thier own lives.
You'll remember me when the west wind moves Upon the fields of barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold