This is one of my favorites on Come Around Sundown. It seems like he's a man fighting within himself. Looking back on the days before success, and the days since, and not fully able to say he was happy then, or happy now. He went from no money to having so much he can't handle it. It's been a long journey ("I've been down to the horns and back") but he knows it's not over yet, he's sick of getting older ("blowing out the burning candles"), and really just looking for a stable life and something to feel good about. Don't be so sad Caleb, you are definitely not a waste of a living!
This is one of my favorites on Come Around Sundown. It seems like he's a man fighting within himself. Looking back on the days before success, and the days since, and not fully able to say he was happy then, or happy now. He went from no money to having so much he can't handle it. It's been a long journey ("I've been down to the horns and back") but he knows it's not over yet, he's sick of getting older ("blowing out the burning candles"), and really just looking for a stable life and something to feel good about. Don't be so sad Caleb, you are definitely not a waste of a living!