Yeah I was suprised when no one commented on this either. It's a really beautiful and sad song.
I think it's about a very lonley isolated depressed guy, much like Nick Drake, who seems to think he'll spend the rest of his life living in isolation. Hence,
"I was born to love no one
No one to love me"
And his only companion in life is the beauty he finds in simple things, much like mParanoia pointed out.
"No one to love me
Only the wind in the long green grass
The frost in a broken tree."
This first stanza is very beautiful, and has a extremely endearing quality to it. I feel that there are many people who feel lost in the world and alone and find solace and comfort in simple beautiful things, perhaps painting or writing music like Nick Drake did. This is at least how I relate to it. I feel like somewhat of a loner myself and my solace is playing guitar, and sometimes I myself feel like there was no one made to love me and that I was born only to love the magic of playing to oneself in isolation.
"I was made to love magic
All its wonder to know
But you all lost that magic
Many many years ago."
I think Nick Drake feels that this "magic" is something we experience very intensly during youth, but we slowly loose sight of it when we get older. And perhaps the only ones who carry it with them throughout their life drive themselves into isolation.
Very sad, very endearing, and very beautiful song. I might just learn this one on guitar.
Yeah I was suprised when no one commented on this either. It's a really beautiful and sad song.
I think it's about a very lonley isolated depressed guy, much like Nick Drake, who seems to think he'll spend the rest of his life living in isolation. Hence,
"I was born to love no one No one to love me"
And his only companion in life is the beauty he finds in simple things, much like mParanoia pointed out.
"No one to love me Only the wind in the long green grass The frost in a broken tree."
This first stanza is very beautiful, and has a extremely endearing quality to it. I feel that there are many people who feel lost in the world and alone and find solace and comfort in simple beautiful things, perhaps painting or writing music like Nick Drake did. This is at least how I relate to it. I feel like somewhat of a loner myself and my solace is playing guitar, and sometimes I myself feel like there was no one made to love me and that I was born only to love the magic of playing to oneself in isolation.
"I was made to love magic All its wonder to know But you all lost that magic Many many years ago."
I think Nick Drake feels that this "magic" is something we experience very intensly during youth, but we slowly loose sight of it when we get older. And perhaps the only ones who carry it with them throughout their life drive themselves into isolation.
Very sad, very endearing, and very beautiful song. I might just learn this one on guitar.