I have to disagree that this is a 'coming of age' song. To come of age is to emerge into adulthood, to yearn for babies and houses and pots and pans, not to burn them. I believe luciferin is closer to the mark; however, I would take issue with the negative connotation of 'giving up what you hope to become.' The quietly uplifting nature of their voices, especially as they reverently intone 'marmalade fires...', indicates to myself that this is an open-eyed abandonment of a more mundane lifestyle for something truly unknown and altogether more interesting.
I have to disagree that this is a 'coming of age' song. To come of age is to emerge into adulthood, to yearn for babies and houses and pots and pans, not to burn them. I believe luciferin is closer to the mark; however, I would take issue with the negative connotation of 'giving up what you hope to become.' The quietly uplifting nature of their voices, especially as they reverently intone 'marmalade fires...', indicates to myself that this is an open-eyed abandonment of a more mundane lifestyle for something truly unknown and altogether more interesting.