I love this song!! This is my favorite song of all time. It has so much meaning, just like a fairy tale warning. My interpretation is she never does grow up or develop. Worse than that, she has no protectors. Often in fairy tales, all the kings’ men, armies, knights, or horses are your protectors. The heroine’s job in many fairy tales is to learn to rescue herself symbolically through an agent that is really again herself. In winter, the white horse are first asleep, and then, too late. They have gone ahead. That individual has not learned how to stand up for themselves, trust themselves, or protect themselves. Who knows why. Perhaps because "daddy" has said one thing but really, you remain "daddy's little girl" to keep his love, forever. Boys left behind. Living in perpetual winter with no promise of another spring. The promised changes never having occurred. So many dreams on the shelf.
I love this song!! This is my favorite song of all time. It has so much meaning, just like a fairy tale warning. My interpretation is she never does grow up or develop. Worse than that, she has no protectors. Often in fairy tales, all the kings’ men, armies, knights, or horses are your protectors. The heroine’s job in many fairy tales is to learn to rescue herself symbolically through an agent that is really again herself. In winter, the white horse are first asleep, and then, too late. They have gone ahead. That individual has not learned how to stand up for themselves, trust themselves, or protect themselves. Who knows why. Perhaps because "daddy" has said one thing but really, you remain "daddy's little girl" to keep his love, forever. Boys left behind. Living in perpetual winter with no promise of another spring. The promised changes never having occurred. So many dreams on the shelf.