Two "stories" of children, a boy and a girl, who choose the wrong path in life;
Two images of the lonely one, separated from community and family;
The simplicity of each image belies a complexity of tone and emotional impact: the narrator ties it all back to broken friendship. We who were together are so no longer, and there's a hardness there. There is no offer of forgiveness or reconciliation.
"That's the way the whole thing ends."
After this, I recommend listening to "One Wrong Turn" by Greg Brown.
Such a beautiful ode to people falling apart.
The lover who cannot hold true;
Two "stories" of children, a boy and a girl, who choose the wrong path in life;
Two images of the lonely one, separated from community and family;
The simplicity of each image belies a complexity of tone and emotional impact: the narrator ties it all back to broken friendship. We who were together are so no longer, and there's a hardness there. There is no offer of forgiveness or reconciliation.
"That's the way the whole thing ends."
After this, I recommend listening to "One Wrong Turn" by Greg Brown.