Such a beautiful song. I think this song can be interpreted in a few ways. I feel like Nick drake is singing to "death" when he references "you".
In the springtime of life, (Where flowers grew and sun shone still) when he was a young boy he was innocent, naive to the realities of life and death (never saw the truth hanging from the door), but now he feels so weak, so down (deeper than the darkest blue) and he see's death face to face, although he thought he would make it to the end of life (I thought I'd see when day is done), but instead asks for a place to be, an early departure.
Could also be interpreted in a romantic sense. This person has been humbled by his/her experiences. Now that they have grown, they realize that they've been blind to the truth that was right in front of them. Now they understand the extent of their feelings for that person and how amazing that person is, and they realize how foolish they've acted/treated that person and they want to get up and clean the place - make things right. They feel so deeply for this person that they are weak.
Such a beautiful song. I think this song can be interpreted in a few ways. I feel like Nick drake is singing to "death" when he references "you". In the springtime of life, (Where flowers grew and sun shone still) when he was a young boy he was innocent, naive to the realities of life and death (never saw the truth hanging from the door), but now he feels so weak, so down (deeper than the darkest blue) and he see's death face to face, although he thought he would make it to the end of life (I thought I'd see when day is done), but instead asks for a place to be, an early departure.
Could also be interpreted in a romantic sense. This person has been humbled by his/her experiences. Now that they have grown, they realize that they've been blind to the truth that was right in front of them. Now they understand the extent of their feelings for that person and how amazing that person is, and they realize how foolish they've acted/treated that person and they want to get up and clean the place - make things right. They feel so deeply for this person that they are weak.