I forget, what happened to Steerpike in Gormenghast, did he drown?
As for the Mother Nature reference, that fits well with the character of " Countess Gertrude" who didn't have any relationship with any of her children but preferred her birds. Maybe, in this song Fuchsia embodied the 'bright birds' (avenues of possibility) that her mother never took notice of and whose brightness/natural spontaneity was exploited by Steerpike?
I forget, what happened to Steerpike in Gormenghast, did he drown?
As for the Mother Nature reference, that fits well with the character of " Countess Gertrude" who didn't have any relationship with any of her children but preferred her birds. Maybe, in this song Fuchsia embodied the 'bright birds' (avenues of possibility) that her mother never took notice of and whose brightness/natural spontaneity was exploited by Steerpike?