I entirely disagree with tomStrangelove. It's about a couple abandoning everything for each other, who see themselves in the dogs that howl for joy in the new season's storms.
Some other thoughts:
There's a lot about springtime fertility in this song.
I think it should be taken closely with the previous song on the album, "Twin Human Highway Flares," which is about a young couple very much in love traveling from Iowa "into western Illinois."
I wonder if Galesburg was chosen because its name evokes storms, gales. Or perhaps the city's present unfortunate condition is a good backdrop to the couple and the dogs.
And how can you hear the line "and some of our promises were binding up here where our dreams take form" and not be incredibly envious?
I entirely disagree with tomStrangelove. It's about a couple abandoning everything for each other, who see themselves in the dogs that howl for joy in the new season's storms.
Some other thoughts:
There's a lot about springtime fertility in this song.
I think it should be taken closely with the previous song on the album, "Twin Human Highway Flares," which is about a young couple very much in love traveling from Iowa "into western Illinois."
I wonder if Galesburg was chosen because its name evokes storms, gales. Or perhaps the city's present unfortunate condition is a good backdrop to the couple and the dogs.
And how can you hear the line "and some of our promises were binding up here where our dreams take form" and not be incredibly envious?