I think it's about depression in general but to get a little deeper into it I think it's about living in the past and not being able to forget. In this instance I think the narrator is trying to forget about a former lover and can't do it.
Some quotes from the song in relation to this:
"And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies"
"Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again"
"At twilight your lover comes to your room
He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom
And softly you'll whisper all around his ear
"Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street""
Assuming this interpretation is right I think that this line, "You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down " means that the girl will wheel and steel means she'll lie and take (or break) his heart and he's well aware of it but he can't help wanting to be with her again...he still remembers all the good times (pleasant street).
Reading back over the lyrics I think the narrator may have done the same to her as she did to him, furthering this thought that they just aren't good for each other (but can't help wanting each other anyways)
This is one of my favorite Tim Buckley songs!
I think it's about depression in general but to get a little deeper into it I think it's about living in the past and not being able to forget. In this instance I think the narrator is trying to forget about a former lover and can't do it.
Some quotes from the song in relation to this:
"And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies"
"Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again"
"At twilight your lover comes to your room He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom And softly you'll whisper all around his ear "Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street""
Assuming this interpretation is right I think that this line, "You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down " means that the girl will wheel and steel means she'll lie and take (or break) his heart and he's well aware of it but he can't help wanting to be with her again...he still remembers all the good times (pleasant street).
Reading back over the lyrics I think the narrator may have done the same to her as she did to him, furthering this thought that they just aren't good for each other (but can't help wanting each other anyways)