For me, he has personified the planet, something akin to the Greek goddess Gaia or “mother earth.” I take him literally when he says “her eyes are underneath the ground” and “basking in the sun.” She is crying because (“I have heard the crying sound) she is suffering from a cancer that pollutes her and destroys her, humanity. If any women’s love can be pure, certainly nature’s love is pure (“your love is pure”). The image of being in garden, where he “stole a flower”, reinforces the color green in my mind.
For me, he has personified the planet, something akin to the Greek goddess Gaia or “mother earth.” I take him literally when he says “her eyes are underneath the ground” and “basking in the sun.” She is crying because (“I have heard the crying sound) she is suffering from a cancer that pollutes her and destroys her, humanity. If any women’s love can be pure, certainly nature’s love is pure (“your love is pure”). The image of being in garden, where he “stole a flower”, reinforces the color green in my mind.