I too, adored the song. The writer's father recently passed on but was apparently ill for quite some time. I read that he had a form of dementia. My own father was brain damaged for 12 years due to a stroke before he passed. The neuro damage was difficult to deal with. You see a robust, healthy figure and then one who slowly deteriorates. Maybe that info will shed new light on the song and it's meaning. I also recently met Matthew Perryman Jones this year. I really was drawn to his music, particularly his lyrics - he's such a poet. He did not disappoint - was such a lovely person!
I too, adored the song. The writer's father recently passed on but was apparently ill for quite some time. I read that he had a form of dementia. My own father was brain damaged for 12 years due to a stroke before he passed. The neuro damage was difficult to deal with. You see a robust, healthy figure and then one who slowly deteriorates. Maybe that info will shed new light on the song and it's meaning. I also recently met Matthew Perryman Jones this year. I really was drawn to his music, particularly his lyrics - he's such a poet. He did not disappoint - was such a lovely person!