haha. I think you're off wortel. It's about the end of your childhood. The first stanza's about the burying of a memory capsule (or whatever you want to call it). Then
"at sunrise the monkeys will fly
and leave me with pennies in my eyes"
means that his dreams and disallusionment as a child have left, and left him only seeing money, like so many adults.
haha. I think you're off wortel. It's about the end of your childhood. The first stanza's about the burying of a memory capsule (or whatever you want to call it). Then
"at sunrise the monkeys will fly and leave me with pennies in my eyes"
means that his dreams and disallusionment as a child have left, and left him only seeing money, like so many adults.