Quiet simply put it a tortured soul whos leaving. Hes leaving the person hes referring to when saying "is it you I was to meet". He paints this person in an aweful life saying, "With your saints there on a chain Waiting on another rain". I believe he is saying those who treat said person the best are those wish to leave the most. Showing that this person, most likely his lover, from the line In a dream where love was real, he shows he once believed it, but it was just a scene or imagination. And hes finally leaving, from the Find another horse to break. But I believe if you see how he refers that that person is "dragging their shadow" they are ashamed of people. Why I believe that if you hear "And Im going down. Where the waves will surround. To the roll and the pound. Of the wild, wild sea. Talking sweet to me" you see a light picture of peace and clarity. If you combine this to the idea that it's A slow parade, you may see a funeral. near the beggining of the 3rd stanze he says. "Marching in a slow parade. There are ashes where you laid. Sometimes I dont mind at all. And sometimes head against the wall" It may show the perspective of the person who caused the heart break. So I see it as a man who commited suicide in order to escape the horrible conditions he was in. Or maybe I just see it that way, because thats how my friend put it in his suicide letter to his cheating wife before he killed himself.
Quiet simply put it a tortured soul whos leaving. Hes leaving the person hes referring to when saying "is it you I was to meet". He paints this person in an aweful life saying, "With your saints there on a chain Waiting on another rain". I believe he is saying those who treat said person the best are those wish to leave the most. Showing that this person, most likely his lover, from the line In a dream where love was real, he shows he once believed it, but it was just a scene or imagination. And hes finally leaving, from the Find another horse to break. But I believe if you see how he refers that that person is "dragging their shadow" they are ashamed of people. Why I believe that if you hear "And Im going down. Where the waves will surround. To the roll and the pound. Of the wild, wild sea. Talking sweet to me" you see a light picture of peace and clarity. If you combine this to the idea that it's A slow parade, you may see a funeral. near the beggining of the 3rd stanze he says. "Marching in a slow parade. There are ashes where you laid. Sometimes I dont mind at all. And sometimes head against the wall" It may show the perspective of the person who caused the heart break. So I see it as a man who commited suicide in order to escape the horrible conditions he was in. Or maybe I just see it that way, because thats how my friend put it in his suicide letter to his cheating wife before he killed himself.