I think this song is pretty clearly about someone he loved dying. That's why they boarded & sold the house, gave away the possessions "with the ghost." More specifically, I want to say it was a family member or someone who was like a family member, because the leaves seem to be a reference to Autumn Leaves Revisited, which I heard him call a family lullaby at a concert.
The whole thing about love has led us astray I'm not sure about. Maybe he wasn't happy about where their relationship was when the person died. Like it started out great (cut from the cloth in perfect shape) but it fell apart over time (tied in a knot and left to fray) and he thinks it was the love that led them there.
I think this song is pretty clearly about someone he loved dying. That's why they boarded & sold the house, gave away the possessions "with the ghost." More specifically, I want to say it was a family member or someone who was like a family member, because the leaves seem to be a reference to Autumn Leaves Revisited, which I heard him call a family lullaby at a concert.
The whole thing about love has led us astray I'm not sure about. Maybe he wasn't happy about where their relationship was when the person died. Like it started out great (cut from the cloth in perfect shape) but it fell apart over time (tied in a knot and left to fray) and he thinks it was the love that led them there.