anyway, I can kind of relate to it now, that it's about childhood. Whether it's about a roleplaying game or something else, for me, it's a moment of longing, to those childhood/teenage years, when everything was simpler and somehow more innocent. The mother figure isn't necessarily his mother, it's more of a reminder ... of adulthood, of responsibility. the cloak of elvenkind, it's a symbol for all that you're not supposed have as an adult: imagination, sunny afternoons just playing with friends, silly things, fantasy ... you're supposed to give up that shit. That's why there's so much longing in this song.
All this comes to his mind propably when he's cleaning his wardrobe (moving out perhaps or something?), and he finds something that he hasn't touched in years, like a roleplaying rule book. Then, he remembers those times.
i agree entirely. maybe he got his inspiration from a game, but that's not the point. the point is he just wants to let his imagination run wild, and he wants to be a kid, but he is not allowed.
i agree entirely. maybe he got his inspiration from a game, but that's not the point. the point is he just wants to let his imagination run wild, and he wants to be a kid, but he is not allowed.
we all have a "cloak" like him, and we all sort of miss when it was cool to be able to play around in our imagination's own world.
we all have a "cloak" like him, and we all sort of miss when it was cool to be able to play around in our imagination's own world.
okay disregard what i said earlier
anyway, I can kind of relate to it now, that it's about childhood. Whether it's about a roleplaying game or something else, for me, it's a moment of longing, to those childhood/teenage years, when everything was simpler and somehow more innocent. The mother figure isn't necessarily his mother, it's more of a reminder ... of adulthood, of responsibility. the cloak of elvenkind, it's a symbol for all that you're not supposed have as an adult: imagination, sunny afternoons just playing with friends, silly things, fantasy ... you're supposed to give up that shit. That's why there's so much longing in this song.
All this comes to his mind propably when he's cleaning his wardrobe (moving out perhaps or something?), and he finds something that he hasn't touched in years, like a roleplaying rule book. Then, he remembers those times.
i agree entirely. maybe he got his inspiration from a game, but that's not the point. the point is he just wants to let his imagination run wild, and he wants to be a kid, but he is not allowed.
i agree entirely. maybe he got his inspiration from a game, but that's not the point. the point is he just wants to let his imagination run wild, and he wants to be a kid, but he is not allowed.
we all have a "cloak" like him, and we all sort of miss when it was cool to be able to play around in our imagination's own world.
we all have a "cloak" like him, and we all sort of miss when it was cool to be able to play around in our imagination's own world.