I only have "You Are the Rake" for the re-release of A Sun Came! Either way, I can't help but say that Stevens has got a thing for ambiguity.
"We ran into a safe..." "She turned into a cave..." "You are the one when I watch myself"? I mean... I was thinking "the One" and "the rock" (foundation of the Church, oh goody, more religious references)... But then I wondered what a rake is (isn't it a word that referring to a...libertine?).
Heck, all I can tell is that the speaker's loved one's became hollow (a cave) when it got colder (feel ill? died?)... Anyone who can shed light on what Stevens meant would be of great help.
Needless to say, no matter what Sufjan's singing, you gotta love the banjo. It makes the song even more melancholic. ;.;
I only have "You Are the Rake" for the re-release of A Sun Came! Either way, I can't help but say that Stevens has got a thing for ambiguity.
"We ran into a safe..." "She turned into a cave..." "You are the one when I watch myself"? I mean... I was thinking "the One" and "the rock" (foundation of the Church, oh goody, more religious references)... But then I wondered what a rake is (isn't it a word that referring to a...libertine?). Heck, all I can tell is that the speaker's loved one's became hollow (a cave) when it got colder (feel ill? died?)... Anyone who can shed light on what Stevens meant would be of great help.
Needless to say, no matter what Sufjan's singing, you gotta love the banjo. It makes the song even more melancholic. ;.;