I think its definitely about a person over an animal.
It reminds me of John Lennons "Beautiful Boy". I imagine in it, he's thinking about how great and normal his son will grow into being. Of his son, he says I "think of you only", imagining him as a normal teenager, long-limbed, confronting the normal slings and arrows of life.
And those things will bend and shake you, but like everyone (mostly) you'll get through it.
And if not, please "come home".
"the nape of the neck" phrase which is repeated twice, could refer to a time when he was a baby and dependent on him and he could just hold him and keep him safe, but not any more...
maybe.
It's a beautiful song, particularly because I am an out and out sucker for melody changes like he sings on the word "Avery" and then gently fades out the sentence with the powerful "come home". kills me.
I think its definitely about a person over an animal.
It reminds me of John Lennons "Beautiful Boy". I imagine in it, he's thinking about how great and normal his son will grow into being. Of his son, he says I "think of you only", imagining him as a normal teenager, long-limbed, confronting the normal slings and arrows of life.
And those things will bend and shake you, but like everyone (mostly) you'll get through it. And if not, please "come home".
"the nape of the neck" phrase which is repeated twice, could refer to a time when he was a baby and dependent on him and he could just hold him and keep him safe, but not any more...
maybe.
It's a beautiful song, particularly because I am an out and out sucker for melody changes like he sings on the word "Avery" and then gently fades out the sentence with the powerful "come home". kills me.