"Old, lonely, and endless light. Cold morning rises from the night. No smile smiles back through the glare. No Voice calls back from the stairs."
Sleeping, (or not sleeping "endless") in bed alone, "the glare" would be morning and "No smile smiles back" would imply that he was used to having someone in bed with him in the morning. "No voice calls back" would imply being alone in an empty house.
"Oh, those wounds on your blistered feet? That march you on along that dusted street" -- not sure on this.
"Oh, that dust gathers 'round your head as, clean, I rise form my lonely bed"
This speaks to me of turning to dust in your coffin and again, waking up alone in a bed you used to share.
"All the talking - this and that none taking me to where you're at
Oh, as fine as the day is long Oh, my fineness, where have you gone?"
I think this is either Grief Counseling or just the talking that happens after a death in the family. Everyone coming together to remember a loved one. But all the talking doesn't "take me to where you're at" (heaven or hell ?!?) And oh my "fineness" would be like honey or sweetie, I think it's an endearment. "Where have you gone?" -- to heaven or hell or where ever.
"And I know I'm not to sing of fights I've missed
But, alone, I've got to sing just to exist"
I think this can be taken two ways... 1) missing just having someone around to bicker with -- fighting over where to eat dinner etc... or 2) the memory (thus missing) of past fights that maybe he regretted??
And singing just to exist I think because he has to do something or he'll just die of grief.
Now this is where I get more divided about my opinion on this... Sons of Cain. Cain & Abel were brothers in the Bible. Cain killed Abel before he had any kids... so I would take it to mean the Sons of Cain as being all the rest of the people alive. BUT you could also take this not a genetic representation of humanity but a category of people - the Sons of Cain being murderers.
"So you're gone now, and who's to blame?
Left down here among the sons of Cain "
The "who's to blame" lyric makes me wonder if this is about spousal abuse & maybe murder? Who's to blame for your death? Left with the Sons of Cain... in prison with other murderers?
I think it is about death & losing your spouse.
"Old, lonely, and endless light. Cold morning rises from the night. No smile smiles back through the glare. No Voice calls back from the stairs."
Sleeping, (or not sleeping "endless") in bed alone, "the glare" would be morning and "No smile smiles back" would imply that he was used to having someone in bed with him in the morning. "No voice calls back" would imply being alone in an empty house.
"Oh, those wounds on your blistered feet? That march you on along that dusted street" -- not sure on this.
"Oh, that dust gathers 'round your head as, clean, I rise form my lonely bed"
This speaks to me of turning to dust in your coffin and again, waking up alone in a bed you used to share.
"All the talking - this and that none taking me to where you're at Oh, as fine as the day is long Oh, my fineness, where have you gone?"
I think this is either Grief Counseling or just the talking that happens after a death in the family. Everyone coming together to remember a loved one. But all the talking doesn't "take me to where you're at" (heaven or hell ?!?) And oh my "fineness" would be like honey or sweetie, I think it's an endearment. "Where have you gone?" -- to heaven or hell or where ever.
"And I know I'm not to sing of fights I've missed But, alone, I've got to sing just to exist"
I think this can be taken two ways... 1) missing just having someone around to bicker with -- fighting over where to eat dinner etc... or 2) the memory (thus missing) of past fights that maybe he regretted?? And singing just to exist I think because he has to do something or he'll just die of grief.
Now this is where I get more divided about my opinion on this... Sons of Cain. Cain & Abel were brothers in the Bible. Cain killed Abel before he had any kids... so I would take it to mean the Sons of Cain as being all the rest of the people alive. BUT you could also take this not a genetic representation of humanity but a category of people - the Sons of Cain being murderers.
"So you're gone now, and who's to blame? Left down here among the sons of Cain "
The "who's to blame" lyric makes me wonder if this is about spousal abuse & maybe murder? Who's to blame for your death? Left with the Sons of Cain... in prison with other murderers?