Okay, I might be reading into this too much and maybe he didn't mean half of this but here it is:
Okay, I might be reading into this too much and maybe he didn't mean half of this but here it is:
// Sold my cold knot
A heavy stone //
// Sold my cold knot
A heavy stone //
I am pretty sure this refers to a wedding ring. "Knot" means making the promise, and his commitment's gone cold. "Heavy stone" further affirms this; a diamond stone.
I am pretty sure this refers to a wedding ring. "Knot" means making the promise, and his commitment's gone cold. "Heavy stone" further affirms this; a diamond stone.
// Sold my red horse for a venture home //
// Sold my red horse for a venture home //
A red horse I believe refers to car. Venture home = he's moving, trying something new.
A red horse I believe refers to car. Venture home = he's moving, trying something new.
// To vanish on the bow -- //
// To vanish on the bow -- //
Vanishing off the main scene, away from people's sight.
Vanishing off the main scene, away from people's sight.
// Settling slow //
// Settling slow //
...
Settling in, calming down.
// Fit it all, fit it in the doldrums //
Fitting everything, all his emotions, into the time he has alone, the time where he's inactive and everything is still. Quite a symbolic line if you think about it.
// (Or so the story goes) //
This sounds like, he's been told what to believe, and what his trip to his cabin would do for him, and he's deciding that he'll try get all his emotions out and fit them in the doldrums, and it's still apparent and he's not quite sure of it yet.
// Color the era //
Beautiful, just beautiful. He realizes how great his time is, and he's going to put color and life back into it.
// Film it, it's historical //
More to the last, he's making his own little write of history.
// My mile could not
Pump the plumb //
This is a bit cryptic and hard to decipher. I believe he's saying he couldn't get everything out where he was. He couldn't "pump the plumb" (often means to unclog, clean out, and that further adds to his description of how bad things were for him). He can't do it where he is and moves.
// In my arbor 'till my ardor
Trumped every inner inertia //
I believe he's saying he enjoyed his little arbor, his place of relaxation, and this is where things weren't going well for him. So he moved away until his excitement won over all the inertia that was holding him back.
// Lump sum //
I feel like he's talking about money and nothing but money, that it was holding him back so much and caused him so much grief.
// All at once
Rushing from the sub-pump //
Everything all at once comes out, rushing from underneath him. The idea of a sub pump also compliments the prior metaphor/analogy of "pump the plumb"
// (Or so the story goes) //
Again, his idea of what SHOULD happen, what he's been believing will happen.
// Balance we won't know
We will see when it gets warm //
He doesn't know how or who he'll be when all is finished, but he'll see once summer comes.
Okay, I think I've got all the metaphors down. And there's a lot but the song means so much more when you know them (posting in reply)
Okay, I might be reading into this too much and maybe he didn't mean half of this but here it is:
Okay, I might be reading into this too much and maybe he didn't mean half of this but here it is:
// Sold my cold knot A heavy stone //
// Sold my cold knot A heavy stone //
I am pretty sure this refers to a wedding ring. "Knot" means making the promise, and his commitment's gone cold. "Heavy stone" further affirms this; a diamond stone.
I am pretty sure this refers to a wedding ring. "Knot" means making the promise, and his commitment's gone cold. "Heavy stone" further affirms this; a diamond stone.
// Sold my red horse for a venture home //
// Sold my red horse for a venture home //
A red horse I believe refers to car. Venture home = he's moving, trying something new.
A red horse I believe refers to car. Venture home = he's moving, trying something new.
// To vanish on the bow -- //
// To vanish on the bow -- //
Vanishing off the main scene, away from people's sight.
Vanishing off the main scene, away from people's sight.
// Settling slow //
// Settling slow //
...
Settling in, calming down.
// Fit it all, fit it in the doldrums //
Fitting everything, all his emotions, into the time he has alone, the time where he's inactive and everything is still. Quite a symbolic line if you think about it.
// (Or so the story goes) //
This sounds like, he's been told what to believe, and what his trip to his cabin would do for him, and he's deciding that he'll try get all his emotions out and fit them in the doldrums, and it's still apparent and he's not quite sure of it yet.
// Color the era //
Beautiful, just beautiful. He realizes how great his time is, and he's going to put color and life back into it.
// Film it, it's historical //
More to the last, he's making his own little write of history.
// My mile could not Pump the plumb //
This is a bit cryptic and hard to decipher. I believe he's saying he couldn't get everything out where he was. He couldn't "pump the plumb" (often means to unclog, clean out, and that further adds to his description of how bad things were for him). He can't do it where he is and moves.
// In my arbor 'till my ardor Trumped every inner inertia //
I believe he's saying he enjoyed his little arbor, his place of relaxation, and this is where things weren't going well for him. So he moved away until his excitement won over all the inertia that was holding him back.
// Lump sum //
I feel like he's talking about money and nothing but money, that it was holding him back so much and caused him so much grief.
// All at once Rushing from the sub-pump //
Everything all at once comes out, rushing from underneath him. The idea of a sub pump also compliments the prior metaphor/analogy of "pump the plumb"
// (Or so the story goes) //
Again, his idea of what SHOULD happen, what he's been believing will happen.
// Balance we won't know We will see when it gets warm //
He doesn't know how or who he'll be when all is finished, but he'll see once summer comes.