My take on the song is based from reading other lyrics from this album.
It seems that the lyrics depict a mournful tone from someone who has lost their mother. In this case "For what mirth there is left in life for a motherless son. What solace in this world for a widower to find" states this.
In the other lyrics the writer searches for meaning in a world he cannot comprehend due to the loss of his mother. Not only the loss of his mother he speaks of. but a family feud that has come from all this.
My take on the song is based from reading other lyrics from this album.
It seems that the lyrics depict a mournful tone from someone who has lost their mother. In this case "For what mirth there is left in life for a motherless son. What solace in this world for a widower to find" states this.
In the other lyrics the writer searches for meaning in a world he cannot comprehend due to the loss of his mother. Not only the loss of his mother he speaks of. but a family feud that has come from all this.