i agree that it's about someone who drank too much and lost a relationship that was important to them, and i guess it does seem like it's from a father talking to their kid. "How I wish that you’d sold me on all of those big goads" - he wishes that he'd been able to be convinced on how to be "a good father, not a careless liar."
i love when he says, "am i really that old, ignorant or too slow," and the very last line too.
i agree that it's about someone who drank too much and lost a relationship that was important to them, and i guess it does seem like it's from a father talking to their kid. "How I wish that you’d sold me on all of those big goads" - he wishes that he'd been able to be convinced on how to be "a good father, not a careless liar."
i love when he says, "am i really that old, ignorant or too slow," and the very last line too.