It seems to me that the person speaking is yearning for someone they care deeply about.
You can tell by the way he whines "Doooon't go to bed in the garden.." that something inside is killing him about the situation he is in, and keeping him up all night: "I'll be throwing apples away, when no one's awake.."
It seems a helpless situation that he cannot, for some reason, be proactive about-- Either by will or actual helplessness, in that even if he made an effort, nothing would change.
So instead, he let's it eat away at him. He tries thinking out loud (the chorus) so that maybe she will hear him, but of course, she won't.
He reminisces about the moment when he first laid eyes on her: "There you were like Sunday mass.."
The way he keeps talking about her, and his first impression, notes that she is important to him, and there are feelings he has towards her that he has been keeping in the dark.
Since he is not telling her directly, it seems he doesn't want her to know, but he wishes she did at the same time.
Apples to me, signify the hours that he is throwing away staying up and concerning himself with the conflict at hand. Apples are seen in biblical texts as vital, or sacred, and important, as in Adam and Eve, and "DON'T eat the apple!"
Time is a valuable part in the the human life, so precious time should not be wasted, and neither should good apples.
And judging by the way he promises that he'll by planting flowers till his pitchfork breaks, insinuates that he isn't going to give up until something is achieved or solved.
I may be off, but it seems that he is placing himself in the role of the Devil as the snake from the garden in the story of Adam and Eve, and that he knows that he has bad intentions, or has been a bad person in the past, and he doesn't want to hurt the girl, but wants what he wants regardless. What he wants is to still be decided.
It seems to me that the person speaking is yearning for someone they care deeply about. You can tell by the way he whines "Doooon't go to bed in the garden.." that something inside is killing him about the situation he is in, and keeping him up all night: "I'll be throwing apples away, when no one's awake.." It seems a helpless situation that he cannot, for some reason, be proactive about-- Either by will or actual helplessness, in that even if he made an effort, nothing would change. So instead, he let's it eat away at him. He tries thinking out loud (the chorus) so that maybe she will hear him, but of course, she won't.
He reminisces about the moment when he first laid eyes on her: "There you were like Sunday mass.." The way he keeps talking about her, and his first impression, notes that she is important to him, and there are feelings he has towards her that he has been keeping in the dark. Since he is not telling her directly, it seems he doesn't want her to know, but he wishes she did at the same time.
Apples to me, signify the hours that he is throwing away staying up and concerning himself with the conflict at hand. Apples are seen in biblical texts as vital, or sacred, and important, as in Adam and Eve, and "DON'T eat the apple!" Time is a valuable part in the the human life, so precious time should not be wasted, and neither should good apples.
And judging by the way he promises that he'll by planting flowers till his pitchfork breaks, insinuates that he isn't going to give up until something is achieved or solved.
I may be off, but it seems that he is placing himself in the role of the Devil as the snake from the garden in the story of Adam and Eve, and that he knows that he has bad intentions, or has been a bad person in the past, and he doesn't want to hurt the girl, but wants what he wants regardless. What he wants is to still be decided.