Beautiful, beautiful song. Pretty much everything Van did from Astral Weeks to Veedon Fleece is fantastic, but this is one of the very best. I think it's about searching the world for inspiration, trying to find your muse and so forth. I think the "lion in his soul" is creativity.
Beautiful, beautiful song. Pretty much everything Van did from Astral Weeks to Veedon Fleece is fantastic, but this is one of the very best. I think it's about searching the world for inspiration, trying to find your muse and so forth. I think the "lion in his soul" is creativity.