I think this is a love song to a dead wife - the references to hard times make me feel that the husband has done all that was expected of him in this life but has found out that some circumstances cannot be solved through hard work alone. It is tragic when he comes to understand the fruitlessness of his endeavors and inability to be with the one he loves. The last refrain always sends me to tears as he pines after burying his love with his question of 'will it grow?'.
I think this is a love song to a dead wife - the references to hard times make me feel that the husband has done all that was expected of him in this life but has found out that some circumstances cannot be solved through hard work alone. It is tragic when he comes to understand the fruitlessness of his endeavors and inability to be with the one he loves. The last refrain always sends me to tears as he pines after burying his love with his question of 'will it grow?'.