The theme of the album seems to be nostalgia, memories, growing old.
"The river" implies to life in general, I guess. It's an old metaphor here used by Garvey in a slightly more obscure way. "Walking beside the everchanging chain of events that shape you." You could not step twice into the same river, you know? After all is said and done, it feels like a dream. Clamour of rushes: all those wild times - deeply bowing trees: all those peaceful moments. Well, if the blossom isn't love then I don't know what it can be.
Then comes the second part. Confessions, replays, regrets, memories. "The sun in the west" is the end, the day is done, life has been lived to the end. The river shows him the sea: a common metaphor for death - that's where all the rivers flow.
So, let's see:
The theme of the album seems to be nostalgia, memories, growing old.
"The river" implies to life in general, I guess. It's an old metaphor here used by Garvey in a slightly more obscure way. "Walking beside the everchanging chain of events that shape you." You could not step twice into the same river, you know? After all is said and done, it feels like a dream. Clamour of rushes: all those wild times - deeply bowing trees: all those peaceful moments. Well, if the blossom isn't love then I don't know what it can be.
Then comes the second part. Confessions, replays, regrets, memories. "The sun in the west" is the end, the day is done, life has been lived to the end. The river shows him the sea: a common metaphor for death - that's where all the rivers flow.