the autumn stone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by fingertrouble 

Cover art for the autumn stone lyrics by Small Faces, The

This song is a very special song for me, reminds me of my first love (in the cover by Gene which I had as a b-side) so I've spent a LOT of time listening to it.

It's a love song, but a slightly bittersweet one (the bits about 'you came to stay' and 'open door' resonated as it was a long distance relationship - he did come to stay, and vice versa) but the bits about 'tomorrow changes' are a reminder that it doesn't or didn't last, and the parts about open door almost seem nostalgic and wanting to return to that previous love 'yesterday is dead,but not my memory' and 'then you were somewhere, somewhere hard to find' which literally or metaphorically suggests that they grew apart, or were literally apart - hence why I connected with this song I guess.

It's quite odd in a way, parts are written as an 'in love' song and others seem to be written afterwards looking back, which is quite unusual and why I probably love it, that mix of nostalgic, bittersweet, knowing it doesn't last but loving the moment it does.

My Interpretation