Triple spiral seems to be a reference to religion - mentioned explicitly as "maiden mother crone" for paganism and later with the "father, son and ghost".
The part I understood best was
"I loved you Triple Spiral — father, son and ghost
But you left me in my darkest hour when I needed you,
when I needed you
Now that the dream is over I want it to be known
That I never saw it coming
Through my little human prism
How sad it is to know I’m in control
That’s the problem
An empty sky
I fill it up with everything that is missing from my life"
Which is essentially his change of mind against religion when it had failed him. I love the line "how sad it is..." how he's kind of realised the difference in life when we have to create our own meaning and make our own decisions without some higher purpose.
The next lines are about attributing "God" as something to replace what's lacking in life - such as purpose or happiness and meaning, again quite obvious especially compared to most of Oberst's lyrics but interesting nonetheless.
I have to admit, I was very doubtful of the album at first but a few listens and I'm already loving it.
Triple spiral seems to be a reference to religion - mentioned explicitly as "maiden mother crone" for paganism and later with the "father, son and ghost".
The part I understood best was
"I loved you Triple Spiral — father, son and ghost But you left me in my darkest hour when I needed you, when I needed you Now that the dream is over I want it to be known That I never saw it coming Through my little human prism How sad it is to know I’m in control
That’s the problem An empty sky I fill it up with everything that is missing from my life"
Which is essentially his change of mind against religion when it had failed him. I love the line "how sad it is..." how he's kind of realised the difference in life when we have to create our own meaning and make our own decisions without some higher purpose.
The next lines are about attributing "God" as something to replace what's lacking in life - such as purpose or happiness and meaning, again quite obvious especially compared to most of Oberst's lyrics but interesting nonetheless.
I have to admit, I was very doubtful of the album at first but a few listens and I'm already loving it.