The entire song is a metaphor for life. Like the rest of the album, it contains plenty of religious overtones.
Halfway home = halfway to heaven
Footprints in the snow = the life that's now behind them
The evening glow leaving = they're both old/about to die
Throughout the song, winter is used to symbolize death, the end of things.
The speaker is uncertain. He doesn't know what to do, or what's next. All he does know is that he doesn't want to keep on living on earth or in Heaven unless his lover lives with him.
They've been "halfway working on a worn-out house"- trying to build a family? but it's not going as planned for whatever reason, so they're not putting as much effort into it as before. They're feeling discouraged and don't really see the point anymore.
"Where are we when the twilight comes?" Where are we when death comes? When our time comes?
The darker valley = the valley of the shadow of death.
Breeze = the four winds of the Bible, perhaps? the winds of change? or maybe just more winter, coldness.
Frozen leaves = time doesn't matter anymore, life is always beaten by winter/death (BUT, when winter ends, spring will come, which would then represent life after death/Heaven).
This would account for the upbeat tune. Even though the majority of the song is tragic, there's still the very slight hope that they might somehow meet again in the afterlife.
This would account for the upbeat tune. Even though the majority of the song is tragic, there's still the very slight hope that they might somehow meet again in the afterlife.
The entire song is a metaphor for life. Like the rest of the album, it contains plenty of religious overtones.
Halfway home = halfway to heaven Footprints in the snow = the life that's now behind them The evening glow leaving = they're both old/about to die
Throughout the song, winter is used to symbolize death, the end of things.
The speaker is uncertain. He doesn't know what to do, or what's next. All he does know is that he doesn't want to keep on living on earth or in Heaven unless his lover lives with him.
They've been "halfway working on a worn-out house"- trying to build a family? but it's not going as planned for whatever reason, so they're not putting as much effort into it as before. They're feeling discouraged and don't really see the point anymore.
"Where are we when the twilight comes?" Where are we when death comes? When our time comes? The darker valley = the valley of the shadow of death. Breeze = the four winds of the Bible, perhaps? the winds of change? or maybe just more winter, coldness. Frozen leaves = time doesn't matter anymore, life is always beaten by winter/death (BUT, when winter ends, spring will come, which would then represent life after death/Heaven).
This would account for the upbeat tune. Even though the majority of the song is tragic, there's still the very slight hope that they might somehow meet again in the afterlife.
This would account for the upbeat tune. Even though the majority of the song is tragic, there's still the very slight hope that they might somehow meet again in the afterlife.