I studied S.T Coleridge's poetry a while ago and some of Sarah Blasko's songs relate to it in way or another, even the cover is a direct homage, I think.
This is very similar to a Coleridge poem called "The Rime of Ancient Mariner" where a seaman has committed a crime (killing an albatross) and he starts to realise it and he wears the bird's carcass on his neck to remind him. Soon, a ghost ship appears ahead of his own with two beings: Death and Life-in-Death - which might be what she means by "Two ships are sailing" - to pass judgement upon the seaman. Etc, etc, etc, he is punished and then the seaman...actually, I'm rambling.
In short, the albatross is a symbol of hope but after it is killed, it becomes a symbol of guilt. So, this song could be about a confession and the purging of some form of guilt, or to "unlock the latches that bind us".
Without much thought to the poem, I just think it's about two people, they like each other and then sail off into the sunset.
Lol, both are wrong anyway. It's just my take on it.
I studied S.T Coleridge's poetry a while ago and some of Sarah Blasko's songs relate to it in way or another, even the cover is a direct homage, I think.
This is very similar to a Coleridge poem called "The Rime of Ancient Mariner" where a seaman has committed a crime (killing an albatross) and he starts to realise it and he wears the bird's carcass on his neck to remind him. Soon, a ghost ship appears ahead of his own with two beings: Death and Life-in-Death - which might be what she means by "Two ships are sailing" - to pass judgement upon the seaman. Etc, etc, etc, he is punished and then the seaman...actually, I'm rambling.
In short, the albatross is a symbol of hope but after it is killed, it becomes a symbol of guilt. So, this song could be about a confession and the purging of some form of guilt, or to "unlock the latches that bind us".
Without much thought to the poem, I just think it's about two people, they like each other and then sail off into the sunset.
Lol, both are wrong anyway. It's just my take on it.