At surface level the song is about a one-time musician who gives up and moves on. His unstrung instruments represent a lack of hope and meaning, a lack of a passion the man once had.
Toward the end Martin speaks of a minstrel who once had meaning in the music he made and joy he created. Now he's "living life no strings attached", or without passion or purpose.
I don't understand the significance of graveyard.
Perhaps "Your kiss turns princes into frogs - and passion-plays to monologues." means that this kind of dull person demeans and lessens art.
At surface level the song is about a one-time musician who gives up and moves on. His unstrung instruments represent a lack of hope and meaning, a lack of a passion the man once had.
Toward the end Martin speaks of a minstrel who once had meaning in the music he made and joy he created. Now he's "living life no strings attached", or without passion or purpose.
I don't understand the significance of graveyard.
Perhaps "Your kiss turns princes into frogs - and passion-plays to monologues." means that this kind of dull person demeans and lessens art.