"Tractor Rape Chain" I think refers to the parallel lines left in a rapeseed field by a tractor. These are often very striking, because rapeseed fields are bright yellow.
The metaphor in the song is fairly transparent: the parallel lines indicate a couple in a relationship and the path they take, permanently connected but always the same distance apart, around the rapeseed field of life.
Sadly, these parallel lines are "on a slow decline". I think this is sung from the perspective of a man actually still in a relationship, but struggling to believe that the relationship will last. There is a note of help in the plea, "won't you tell it to go away?"
We can all relate to a feeling of doubt in a relationship that begins as paranoia, but eventually proves to be valid.
"Tractor Rape Chain" I think refers to the parallel lines left in a rapeseed field by a tractor. These are often very striking, because rapeseed fields are bright yellow.
The metaphor in the song is fairly transparent: the parallel lines indicate a couple in a relationship and the path they take, permanently connected but always the same distance apart, around the rapeseed field of life.
Sadly, these parallel lines are "on a slow decline". I think this is sung from the perspective of a man actually still in a relationship, but struggling to believe that the relationship will last. There is a note of help in the plea, "won't you tell it to go away?"
We can all relate to a feeling of doubt in a relationship that begins as paranoia, but eventually proves to be valid.