The lime tree is the symbol of conjugal love, the quality, hospitality and modesty. This symbolism is to decrease/go back on Ovids narration of Philemon and Baucis, the old married couple, the nothing more desired than dying itself together, so that none of them would have to experience the death of the other one. Zeus met this desire, when death came to them, to them transformed it the two into trees; Philemon into an oak and Baucis into a lime tree.
knowing this, its easier to decipher what this song actually means
its a song about intense love for a soulmate
the line "i was hiding in the lime tree" is his way of saying he was waiting for his mate all along in a place where lovers lay
above the city in a rain cloud is his way of relating to the story of the past lovers and their relationship with the gods
the stars will still be shining when he and his lover choose to die, because they'll be together.
The lime tree is the symbol of conjugal love, the quality, hospitality and modesty. This symbolism is to decrease/go back on Ovids narration of Philemon and Baucis, the old married couple, the nothing more desired than dying itself together, so that none of them would have to experience the death of the other one. Zeus met this desire, when death came to them, to them transformed it the two into trees; Philemon into an oak and Baucis into a lime tree.
knowing this, its easier to decipher what this song actually means its a song about intense love for a soulmate the line "i was hiding in the lime tree" is his way of saying he was waiting for his mate all along in a place where lovers lay above the city in a rain cloud is his way of relating to the story of the past lovers and their relationship with the gods the stars will still be shining when he and his lover choose to die, because they'll be together.