The lyrics speak volumes to me... and they are not all that details so it can mean a little bit different to different people. To most people it's probaby just a good Allman Bros blues jam with a kind of dreamy lyrical content. He's haunted by ambition but struck by just that portion of the 'dream' or creative inspiration that he can hang on to. So he's decided that he has to sing this song and try to bring himself back down of the 'high mountain' and back down to a more do-able frame of reality where he can both function and do what he does best... but the difference being that he's had to accept that he can't completely hang on to the elusive creativity that he would have liked to. This way he might be able to retain his sanity... or not.
The lyrics speak volumes to me... and they are not all that details so it can mean a little bit different to different people. To most people it's probaby just a good Allman Bros blues jam with a kind of dreamy lyrical content. He's haunted by ambition but struck by just that portion of the 'dream' or creative inspiration that he can hang on to. So he's decided that he has to sing this song and try to bring himself back down of the 'high mountain' and back down to a more do-able frame of reality where he can both function and do what he does best... but the difference being that he's had to accept that he can't completely hang on to the elusive creativity that he would have liked to. This way he might be able to retain his sanity... or not.