I think RTBRAND is right about the first two stanzas.
I think the reference to "minor part" is really sweet and shows his deep connection music, especially classical. He's so deeply broken hearted that he would settle for even having the minor, sad strains of himself left after the heartbreak.. but even those remind him of the man he loved (probably, as wingofasongbird said, a straight man).
I could have clipped and saved and planted in the garden
Damn you guess I'll have to get a new one
Here he's saying he didn't hold back at all. There was no thinking ahead, planting in spring for a late summer without love, he is left with no life or hope of his own. He has to start over from scratch.
I'd love to sit and watch you drink
With the reins to the world, gripping a smoke
Vaguely missing link
Don't ever change you hungry little bashful hound
This is a great image of his love .. exactly what he loved about him .. that he's vaguely broken and selfish, hungry and full of unhealthy habits. The reins to the world line makes it sound like rufus saw him as having all the power, at least in his own universe. Easier to love someone imperfect, sometimes.
I got the sheep, poor little Bo Peep
Has lost and filed for grounds.
This confuses me still.
Wonder if there's hearts that will deliver
heh. not so easy, Rufus.
And where I'll learn how to save, not just borrow
And they'll be rainbows and we will finally know
So he's starting to see all the work that goes into being a strong healthy adult, hurt but capable of loving himself. And they'll be Rainbows! is the gayest moment in music I've discovered to date. Love it.
One of my favorite memories from a Rufus concert, was when he made a self-depracating comment, and the whole crowd basically gasped like - omg, Rufus hates himself?!!?! - and he reassured us by saying "I know my own worth, don't worry." So it seems he's recovered from this incident (if anyone was worried).
Nice to know that even RUFUS had to go to the work of becoming an adult. Maybe, given his over the top heart, passion, and insight, I should say: especially Rufus had to go the work of becoming an adult.
I think RTBRAND is right about the first two stanzas.
I think the reference to "minor part" is really sweet and shows his deep connection music, especially classical. He's so deeply broken hearted that he would settle for even having the minor, sad strains of himself left after the heartbreak.. but even those remind him of the man he loved (probably, as wingofasongbird said, a straight man).
I could have clipped and saved and planted in the garden Damn you guess I'll have to get a new one
Here he's saying he didn't hold back at all. There was no thinking ahead, planting in spring for a late summer without love, he is left with no life or hope of his own. He has to start over from scratch.
I'd love to sit and watch you drink With the reins to the world, gripping a smoke Vaguely missing link Don't ever change you hungry little bashful hound
This is a great image of his love .. exactly what he loved about him .. that he's vaguely broken and selfish, hungry and full of unhealthy habits. The reins to the world line makes it sound like rufus saw him as having all the power, at least in his own universe. Easier to love someone imperfect, sometimes.
I got the sheep, poor little Bo Peep Has lost and filed for grounds.
This confuses me still.
Wonder if there's hearts that will deliver
heh. not so easy, Rufus.
And where I'll learn how to save, not just borrow And they'll be rainbows and we will finally know
So he's starting to see all the work that goes into being a strong healthy adult, hurt but capable of loving himself. And they'll be Rainbows! is the gayest moment in music I've discovered to date. Love it.
One of my favorite memories from a Rufus concert, was when he made a self-depracating comment, and the whole crowd basically gasped like - omg, Rufus hates himself?!!?! - and he reassured us by saying "I know my own worth, don't worry." So it seems he's recovered from this incident (if anyone was worried).
Nice to know that even RUFUS had to go to the work of becoming an adult. Maybe, given his over the top heart, passion, and insight, I should say: especially Rufus had to go the work of becoming an adult.