Sprout and the Bean Lyrics

Lyric discussion by backyards 

Cover art for Sprout and the Bean lyrics by Joanna Newsom

actually i really think this song it's about marriage/being married, and how she thinks that being married it's being complete or at least grow up, i suposse that from a particular verse.

That the difference between the sprout and the bean is a golden ring, it is a twisted string.

A Sprout it's something that it's already growing to get old, and the golden ring along with the twisted string are things that people do in traditional marriage ceremonies.