The "Maker" in this song is definitely God. It totally fits the theme of Brokeback Mountain. It's so sad! In the movie, the love between Jack and Ennis is ruined by society's lack of tolerance. But, in true life, God frowns upon love between two men. He wants homosexuals to be truly happy and to find joy in him without sexual expression with each other. This seems unfair--and sure feels like it. The words, "Oh Lord, how I see, that only can the maker make a happy man of me" are so true. --Just ask anyone who keeps having brief encounters: they are searching in the wrong place. Homosexuals can discover happiness by letting God love them . . .
The "Maker" in this song is definitely God. It totally fits the theme of Brokeback Mountain. It's so sad! In the movie, the love between Jack and Ennis is ruined by society's lack of tolerance. But, in true life, God frowns upon love between two men. He wants homosexuals to be truly happy and to find joy in him without sexual expression with each other. This seems unfair--and sure feels like it. The words, "Oh Lord, how I see, that only can the maker make a happy man of me" are so true. --Just ask anyone who keeps having brief encounters: they are searching in the wrong place. Homosexuals can discover happiness by letting God love them . . .