No Provenance Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kmdana 

Cover art for No Provenance lyrics by Joanna Newsom

I am still working on some of the references but I think none of you have picked up on this being about Jesus, two of his disciples, and the donkey on which he rode into Jerusalem. It seems to me that the perspective changes at different points in the song. She takes liberty in elaborating on a rather brief story in the Bible.

My Interpretation