Lyric discussion by Cuyahoga 

Cover art for The Way lyrics by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

I don't know what this song is about besides the obvious, but I love it. It sets my soul to rest.

I think it is about a man who is infertile but in love with a woman. He loves her but he doesn't feel he can marry her, perhaps because she feels that without children she won't be happy.: 'I can't marry you: without children to grow'

He is telling her to go off and find a man to impregnate her: 'love her unloved parts'.... so that she can come back and then he will marry her: 'I will be your man'

It would have been a very untraditional thing to do in the past so perhaps it might seem scary:...

In another version of it it says 'without you winter grows' which makes me think of a different scenario....but I am not sure what...

Would like to know what other people think of this song