this sounds like someone trying to convince themselves that they aren't tied down. the statements that she doesn't believe in the power of love, the wisdom or stone, a God, or the mind are her own attempts at talking herself out of becoming attached to someone, or explaining why she's leaving. the first 8 lines
"I know it makes you feel sad
Then you look at me that way
Your hands hold on the railing
As we glide across the bay
With everything uncertain
It's easy to defend
But we do not talk of feelings
And you know I can't pretend"
appear to be about her finally telling someone she's leaving them. she loves him/her, but she's a free spirit of sorts, and she can't pretend that she doesn't long for that non-tied down-ness.
"I listen to you breathing
Its steady and its slow
We lie close to the ceiling
I think of children in our home
But the quiet in the quarters
Stirs me from the thought
I might leave tommorow
To feel the joy of a new start"
this suggests that despite her obvious love of this person, and wanting a lasting relationship and a life with them, she then remembers she can still have a different life/experience. that appeals more to her.
"In the morning many seabirds
On the icy wind arive
Never crowding their companions
Against the blinding sky they dive"
this also eludes to her wanting to be free, not crowded as she goes through life, with or with out this person.
I'm not sure about that last part about missing the morning tide.
this sounds like someone trying to convince themselves that they aren't tied down. the statements that she doesn't believe in the power of love, the wisdom or stone, a God, or the mind are her own attempts at talking herself out of becoming attached to someone, or explaining why she's leaving. the first 8 lines
"I know it makes you feel sad Then you look at me that way Your hands hold on the railing As we glide across the bay
With everything uncertain It's easy to defend But we do not talk of feelings And you know I can't pretend" appear to be about her finally telling someone she's leaving them. she loves him/her, but she's a free spirit of sorts, and she can't pretend that she doesn't long for that non-tied down-ness.
"I listen to you breathing Its steady and its slow We lie close to the ceiling I think of children in our home
But the quiet in the quarters Stirs me from the thought I might leave tommorow To feel the joy of a new start" this suggests that despite her obvious love of this person, and wanting a lasting relationship and a life with them, she then remembers she can still have a different life/experience. that appeals more to her.
"In the morning many seabirds On the icy wind arive Never crowding their companions Against the blinding sky they dive" this also eludes to her wanting to be free, not crowded as she goes through life, with or with out this person.
I'm not sure about that last part about missing the morning tide.