i'll say up front, im just as unsure as anyone else, but i been giving a lot of thought on this piece. first, im not sure the above lyrics are entirely correct, but even with the slightly different words ive considered, the general message feels the same to me... just as Reido and NeilYoungMan mentioned above, only more specific i think...
I read it as a man's perspective on his family: wife and child specifically... the marraige is teeter-tottering between hanging on ("will we lose our grasp, or fuse it in the sun?") and divorce ("a change of plan"). i see their child referenced as a kid sleeping in bed ("did she wake you up to tell you")... "she" being the mom, it would read something like, 'did mom wake you up to tell you things arent doing so good'... and his reply ("dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup with the promise of a man")... meaning something like 'dont worry, it will be ok'...
the most melancholy feeling in this song stems from how the father is comforting his child (promising to stick it out, maybe more to himself than her) despite the feeling that the love between he and his wife is fleeting... because even if he "olny harvest[s] some", his child's love is enough for him to stay.
@raius According to Jimmy McDonough's biography "Shakey" this song references his partner Carrie Snodgrass's childhood, where her mother used to waker her and her siblings up in the middle of the night to tell them she had changed her mind and decided not to go through with her plan to kill herself.
@raius According to Jimmy McDonough's biography "Shakey" this song references his partner Carrie Snodgrass's childhood, where her mother used to waker her and her siblings up in the middle of the night to tell them she had changed her mind and decided not to go through with her plan to kill herself.
i'll say up front, im just as unsure as anyone else, but i been giving a lot of thought on this piece. first, im not sure the above lyrics are entirely correct, but even with the slightly different words ive considered, the general message feels the same to me... just as Reido and NeilYoungMan mentioned above, only more specific i think...
I read it as a man's perspective on his family: wife and child specifically... the marraige is teeter-tottering between hanging on ("will we lose our grasp, or fuse it in the sun?") and divorce ("a change of plan"). i see their child referenced as a kid sleeping in bed ("did she wake you up to tell you")... "she" being the mom, it would read something like, 'did mom wake you up to tell you things arent doing so good'... and his reply ("dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup with the promise of a man")... meaning something like 'dont worry, it will be ok'...
the most melancholy feeling in this song stems from how the father is comforting his child (promising to stick it out, maybe more to himself than her) despite the feeling that the love between he and his wife is fleeting... because even if he "olny harvest[s] some", his child's love is enough for him to stay.
shrugs that's my take on it...
the liricks are differentein here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1kgfCmG08
the liricks are differentein here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1kgfCmG08
@raius According to Jimmy McDonough's biography "Shakey" this song references his partner Carrie Snodgrass's childhood, where her mother used to waker her and her siblings up in the middle of the night to tell them she had changed her mind and decided not to go through with her plan to kill herself.
@raius According to Jimmy McDonough's biography "Shakey" this song references his partner Carrie Snodgrass's childhood, where her mother used to waker her and her siblings up in the middle of the night to tell them she had changed her mind and decided not to go through with her plan to kill herself.