"The question�s carcass left out in the cold
He leaves it lying there wide open and exposed" re-interpretation: this is about the death of one's own belief systems and collapse of his cultures paradigms. The individual has found a new answer and thereby killed "the question". He's [sagely] walking away from his own dispelled notions. From this point onward the song [his story] remains unwritten - for better or for worse.
"The question�s carcass left out in the cold He leaves it lying there wide open and exposed" re-interpretation: this is about the death of one's own belief systems and collapse of his cultures paradigms. The individual has found a new answer and thereby killed "the question". He's [sagely] walking away from his own dispelled notions. From this point onward the song [his story] remains unwritten - for better or for worse.