Gonna disagree slightly with mynameisgump, but just a little. It's about the experience of meeting up with someone old, someone from your past. Someone who, then and now, you're in love with. But fate has intervened and so, regardless of the reasons, the two parties could've had "true love,
but for lack of providence". It's a song about the bitterness of seeing missed opportunities, that's why there is so much poignant regret in this song.
Whenever I listen to this song, I think of loves that could've been, if circumstances had only been kinder. If there had only been some providence.
Gonna disagree slightly with mynameisgump, but just a little. It's about the experience of meeting up with someone old, someone from your past. Someone who, then and now, you're in love with. But fate has intervened and so, regardless of the reasons, the two parties could've had "true love, but for lack of providence". It's a song about the bitterness of seeing missed opportunities, that's why there is so much poignant regret in this song. Whenever I listen to this song, I think of loves that could've been, if circumstances had only been kinder. If there had only been some providence.