It seems to me like this song is about a man that is losing the love of his life. The laughter of the children, the "fur coat pocket"...
It seems to me like the characters in this story grew up in a small town where nothing really happens. In this "nothingness" a little girl and a little boy grow up together, being childhood sweethearts or childhood friends. The girl has big dreams, she leaves one day to the city, comes back once in a while to visit family and friends, perhaps at this point already has a relationship with the man in the song. She's gone for long periods of time, then comes back...
It also seems like the man suspects that she has found a man in the city, someone rich and of higher status..."as I watch you slip a little far away from us"...
And "this place is haunted" meaning to say that the town is like a ghost town, abandoned and insignificant. This song reminds me a lot of Catherine and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights.
@psychegloom It does sound like he is singing to Catherine! Wuthering Heights is my favorite book ever! You should listent to Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush... really cool song.
@psychegloom It does sound like he is singing to Catherine! Wuthering Heights is my favorite book ever! You should listent to Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush... really cool song.
Well, I think I'll put in my two cents.
It seems to me like this song is about a man that is losing the love of his life. The laughter of the children, the "fur coat pocket"...
It seems to me like the characters in this story grew up in a small town where nothing really happens. In this "nothingness" a little girl and a little boy grow up together, being childhood sweethearts or childhood friends. The girl has big dreams, she leaves one day to the city, comes back once in a while to visit family and friends, perhaps at this point already has a relationship with the man in the song. She's gone for long periods of time, then comes back...
It also seems like the man suspects that she has found a man in the city, someone rich and of higher status..."as I watch you slip a little far away from us"...
And "this place is haunted" meaning to say that the town is like a ghost town, abandoned and insignificant. This song reminds me a lot of Catherine and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights.
@psychegloom It does sound like he is singing to Catherine! Wuthering Heights is my favorite book ever! You should listent to Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush... really cool song.
@psychegloom It does sound like he is singing to Catherine! Wuthering Heights is my favorite book ever! You should listent to Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush... really cool song.