This song is surely about him missing his hometown, in my opinion.
Think about it.
"With dream comfort to spare
In my mind
I still need a place to go
All my changes were there."
"The chains are locked
And tied across the door."
He's referring to the chains of time that have been locked on his past. He is "Helpless" in this song because there's nothing he can do to revert himself back to an earlier age. The only place where his childhood lives is in his mind.
I think he's referring to the place he grew up in. He can't go back there because time has changed him, so the place only lives in his memory.
@mattkid4 I agree! It is an extremely spare, plaintiff, moving and evocative song of memories of lost youth. This is echoed everywhere, from the bitter-sweet reedy harmonica riffs to the strikingly simple and vivid imagery: "Yellow moon on the rise". I would venture to add one supportive point: The birds "Throwing shadows across on our eyes" is a harbinger of the "helpless" inevitable future where the lover is going to be gone and the only way to bring her back is for her to "sing with me somehow". Maybe somebody already made this point... Anyway, love it!...
@mattkid4 I agree! It is an extremely spare, plaintiff, moving and evocative song of memories of lost youth. This is echoed everywhere, from the bitter-sweet reedy harmonica riffs to the strikingly simple and vivid imagery: "Yellow moon on the rise". I would venture to add one supportive point: The birds "Throwing shadows across on our eyes" is a harbinger of the "helpless" inevitable future where the lover is going to be gone and the only way to bring her back is for her to "sing with me somehow". Maybe somebody already made this point... Anyway, love it!
This song is surely about him missing his hometown, in my opinion.
Think about it.
"With dream comfort to spare In my mind I still need a place to go All my changes were there."
"The chains are locked And tied across the door."
He's referring to the chains of time that have been locked on his past. He is "Helpless" in this song because there's nothing he can do to revert himself back to an earlier age. The only place where his childhood lives is in his mind.
I think he's referring to the place he grew up in. He can't go back there because time has changed him, so the place only lives in his memory.
@mattkid4 I agree! It is an extremely spare, plaintiff, moving and evocative song of memories of lost youth. This is echoed everywhere, from the bitter-sweet reedy harmonica riffs to the strikingly simple and vivid imagery: "Yellow moon on the rise". I would venture to add one supportive point: The birds "Throwing shadows across on our eyes" is a harbinger of the "helpless" inevitable future where the lover is going to be gone and the only way to bring her back is for her to "sing with me somehow". Maybe somebody already made this point... Anyway, love it!...
@mattkid4 I agree! It is an extremely spare, plaintiff, moving and evocative song of memories of lost youth. This is echoed everywhere, from the bitter-sweet reedy harmonica riffs to the strikingly simple and vivid imagery: "Yellow moon on the rise". I would venture to add one supportive point: The birds "Throwing shadows across on our eyes" is a harbinger of the "helpless" inevitable future where the lover is going to be gone and the only way to bring her back is for her to "sing with me somehow". Maybe somebody already made this point... Anyway, love it!