When love dies it invariably leaves it's legacy. Sometimes it's no more than a gravestone we visit casually, other times it's a ghost that haunts our once inhabited heart. When I read the lyrics "funeral mourners" I find it difficult to decide for sure if Buckley wrote them in the literal or analogical sense.
In the literal sense it can be about an actual loss of someone close, he's suffering and this song is a reflection on his longing for the love and comfort he craves from his lover in his suffering. Sometimes it's only in those moments of grief we realize how much we rely on love. He wants her to know he's hurting and come to him, forgetting whatever troubles have passed between them and caused the split.
However I more so believe it is meant in the analogical sense and that it is a relationship has which has died. Rain i think symbolizes regret or longing, always falling and him opening the doors and windows of his heart to receive it. He is drowning in desperation to have her with him but won't let go of his fear and pride in order to swim to the surface. He's afraid he's not the man he needs to be to love her the way she deserves and he's too proud to admit his need for her.
But there's hope in this song and that's what i like about it. I'm always left with the feeling that in the morning they'll reunite. The love in this song is too consuming to be denied.
When love dies it invariably leaves it's legacy. Sometimes it's no more than a gravestone we visit casually, other times it's a ghost that haunts our once inhabited heart. When I read the lyrics "funeral mourners" I find it difficult to decide for sure if Buckley wrote them in the literal or analogical sense. In the literal sense it can be about an actual loss of someone close, he's suffering and this song is a reflection on his longing for the love and comfort he craves from his lover in his suffering. Sometimes it's only in those moments of grief we realize how much we rely on love. He wants her to know he's hurting and come to him, forgetting whatever troubles have passed between them and caused the split. However I more so believe it is meant in the analogical sense and that it is a relationship has which has died. Rain i think symbolizes regret or longing, always falling and him opening the doors and windows of his heart to receive it. He is drowning in desperation to have her with him but won't let go of his fear and pride in order to swim to the surface. He's afraid he's not the man he needs to be to love her the way she deserves and he's too proud to admit his need for her. But there's hope in this song and that's what i like about it. I'm always left with the feeling that in the morning they'll reunite. The love in this song is too consuming to be denied.