Mary Stanford was a lifeboat that sunk in 1928 with 17 people on board. When I listen to this song, I have trouble understanding whether it is a girl or a boat Mr Cave is referring to.
For example, the following lines can refer to the 1928 tragedy:
"You draw the lightning from the sky" (it was storm that crashed Mary Stanford)
"See that girl coming on down" (the boat sinking)
"My children they are lost to us" (17 people of the crew who went down with the boat)
"leaped like a black spider between your legs" (I imagine the lightning striking and making a black hole in the deck between the masts, if there were any)
In the version of the song's lyrics that you can see in the video on the band's official YouTube channel, there are also lines about the skies devouring children and the great oaks that will "push the sky away" to protect the children. Maybe, it's about the wooden masts and the crew members as well. Thus, the phrase "to push the sky away" means "to avert a disaster or some elemental force".
Mary Stanford was a lifeboat that sunk in 1928 with 17 people on board. When I listen to this song, I have trouble understanding whether it is a girl or a boat Mr Cave is referring to.
For example, the following lines can refer to the 1928 tragedy: "You draw the lightning from the sky" (it was storm that crashed Mary Stanford) "See that girl coming on down" (the boat sinking) "My children they are lost to us" (17 people of the crew who went down with the boat) "leaped like a black spider between your legs" (I imagine the lightning striking and making a black hole in the deck between the masts, if there were any)
In the version of the song's lyrics that you can see in the video on the band's official YouTube channel, there are also lines about the skies devouring children and the great oaks that will "push the sky away" to protect the children. Maybe, it's about the wooden masts and the crew members as well. Thus, the phrase "to push the sky away" means "to avert a disaster or some elemental force".