Beautiful song, about an attempt at a lovers reunion, for me I believe the key to this song can be found in the lines:
"I try to speak but you don't hear me
When you're gone you still feel near me
For awhile, for a little while"
Throughout the song he's attempting to contact his lover through telegraphs, telephones, carrier pigeons ("birds that fly through the air so you hear me sigh") but failing to being able to.
The "cap in hand" line strongly hints that it's the 2nd person who broke off the relationship. The narrator appears as dtsneak mentioned to be the submissive character in this scenario.
The song ends with "nothing is working tonight" and then some pleading, but more importantly doesn't inform the listener as to what happens, leaving them in the same position as the narrator, in want of more.
Beautiful song.
Beautiful song, about an attempt at a lovers reunion, for me I believe the key to this song can be found in the lines: "I try to speak but you don't hear me When you're gone you still feel near me For awhile, for a little while" Throughout the song he's attempting to contact his lover through telegraphs, telephones, carrier pigeons ("birds that fly through the air so you hear me sigh") but failing to being able to. The "cap in hand" line strongly hints that it's the 2nd person who broke off the relationship. The narrator appears as dtsneak mentioned to be the submissive character in this scenario. The song ends with "nothing is working tonight" and then some pleading, but more importantly doesn't inform the listener as to what happens, leaving them in the same position as the narrator, in want of more. Beautiful song.