I'd like to agree with the people saying that the cabin (wooden nest, the home that gets snowed in) and the nature in the area itself is calling out to the singer.
I myself have a brother and I know that the time when we go our own ways in life is quickly approaching. Though I am the elder brother in this case I know I don't want to lose touch with him or my sister when we're all on our own.
-So the first lines of:
Lie down with me my dear
Lie down
Under stormy night, tell nobody
-Something is calling to me, a memory or a place perhaps.
My brother, where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight
To the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee
You're ever welcome with me any time you like
Let's drive to the countryside, leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes
So no one gets worried, no
So no one gets worried, no
But Sean, don't get careless
I'm sure it'll be fine
I love you, I love you
Oh brother of mine
-My brother is stranded at an airport on his way to the Blue Ridge Mountains, with no where to go, I call him up and invite him to stay at my house, he is always welcome in my home. We should go out to the country and leave our cares behind and be ourselves again. Then my brother tells me it's okay and there's no need to intrude, so I tell him to be careful, and he'll get home and tell him I love him.
--I imagine it's either the passage of time or simple distance that hasn't necessarily estranged the two brothers, but more like the older brother has a family and they are what his majority of time, care, and attention goes to and the younger brother just wants him to be his brother again.
In the quivering forest
Where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather
Built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen
And the home got snowed in
And the yellow moon glowed bright
Till the morning light
-This is all imagery depicting the sights they saw when they were younger, and the younger brother is recalling them all, precious times with his brother.
Terrible am I child
Even if you don't mind
-Here I think the older brother really does not want to impose upon his younger brother (and genuinely feels he would be bothering him,) even though he does not mind lodging him. At the very end of the song, the younger brother tells his older brother he is no trouble.
I'd like to agree with the people saying that the cabin (wooden nest, the home that gets snowed in) and the nature in the area itself is calling out to the singer.
I myself have a brother and I know that the time when we go our own ways in life is quickly approaching. Though I am the elder brother in this case I know I don't want to lose touch with him or my sister when we're all on our own.
-So the first lines of:
Lie down with me my dear Lie down Under stormy night, tell nobody
-Something is calling to me, a memory or a place perhaps.
My brother, where do you intend to go tonight? I heard that you missed your connecting flight To the Blue Ridge Mountains, over near Tennessee
You're ever welcome with me any time you like Let's drive to the countryside, leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes So no one gets worried, no So no one gets worried, no
But Sean, don't get careless I'm sure it'll be fine I love you, I love you Oh brother of mine
-My brother is stranded at an airport on his way to the Blue Ridge Mountains, with no where to go, I call him up and invite him to stay at my house, he is always welcome in my home. We should go out to the country and leave our cares behind and be ourselves again. Then my brother tells me it's okay and there's no need to intrude, so I tell him to be careful, and he'll get home and tell him I love him.
--I imagine it's either the passage of time or simple distance that hasn't necessarily estranged the two brothers, but more like the older brother has a family and they are what his majority of time, care, and attention goes to and the younger brother just wants him to be his brother again.
In the quivering forest Where the shivering dog rests Our good grandfather Built a wooden nest And the river got frozen And the home got snowed in And the yellow moon glowed bright Till the morning light
-This is all imagery depicting the sights they saw when they were younger, and the younger brother is recalling them all, precious times with his brother.
Terrible am I child Even if you don't mind
-Here I think the older brother really does not want to impose upon his younger brother (and genuinely feels he would be bothering him,) even though he does not mind lodging him. At the very end of the song, the younger brother tells his older brother he is no trouble.