As the song begins we are coming upon the Dakota where John Lennon lived
in N.Y. city. The garden (John's that he told Elton he wanted to start but never did)
is nonexistent, only the flagstones or walkway.
Who lived here? (We are asked to contemplate who John was.)
-He must have been a gardener who cared a lot.
-Who Weeded out the tares (not tears) or weeds into a good crop. (Yes John was a person who cared a lot about mankind.)
-And now it all looks strange
-Its funny how one insect can damage so much grain (His murderer)
-And whats it for
-The little empty garden by the brownstone door
-And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more (The Dakota)
we're crippled and we're dazed (after John was shot)
a gardener like that one no one can replace (Lennon, irreplaceable)
-Ive been knockin but no one answers
(Elton visited John at the Dakota many times in happier days)
-and through their tears
-some say he farmed his best in younger years
(John's work with the Beatles)
-but he'd say the roots grow stronger
(ones abilities during their lifetime - possibly)
if only he could hear
-now we pray for rain and with every drop that falls
we hear his name
(gotta leave something open for interpretation)
(OK, after the farmer's work is done all he can do is pray for rain)
(we as the one become the many)
Thank you. Ever since the first time I heard this song - possibly his best, certainly one of his best - I was moved by it. It is only now, so many years later, that it finally nagged at me enough to investigate what it meant. This was beautifully written and clear eyed - just what it needed.
Thank you. Ever since the first time I heard this song - possibly his best, certainly one of his best - I was moved by it. It is only now, so many years later, that it finally nagged at me enough to investigate what it meant. This was beautifully written and clear eyed - just what it needed.
As the song begins we are coming upon the Dakota where John Lennon lived in N.Y. city. The garden (John's that he told Elton he wanted to start but never did) is nonexistent, only the flagstones or walkway.
-And whats it for -The little empty garden by the brownstone door -And in the cracks along the sidewalk nothing grows no more (The Dakota)
-Ive been knockin but no one answers (Elton visited John at the Dakota many times in happier days)
-and through their tears -some say he farmed his best in younger years (John's work with the Beatles) -but he'd say the roots grow stronger (ones abilities during their lifetime - possibly)
-now we pray for rain and with every drop that falls
Thank you. Ever since the first time I heard this song - possibly his best, certainly one of his best - I was moved by it. It is only now, so many years later, that it finally nagged at me enough to investigate what it meant. This was beautifully written and clear eyed - just what it needed.
Thank you. Ever since the first time I heard this song - possibly his best, certainly one of his best - I was moved by it. It is only now, so many years later, that it finally nagged at me enough to investigate what it meant. This was beautifully written and clear eyed - just what it needed.
@VolumePlse Its funny how one insect can damage so much grain (His murderer) -> this part is brilliant!
@VolumePlse Its funny how one insect can damage so much grain (His murderer) -> this part is brilliant!