The song has to do with the futility of progress in the face of nature's "incessant drive" to "linger on." But to finally see this and be free of the desire to achieve more than what nature intended for you is to be dressed in "gold's surrendering gown." You surrender yourself to futility, "redress with open arms" and be enveloped by it (and willingly do so)... finally achieving a "calm." Ascension comes with incentive's end. Once you come to this realization and closure, it becomes possible to finally achieve what you truly want for yourself... feel whole and fulfilled. Your eyes are finally opened.
The song has to do with the futility of progress in the face of nature's "incessant drive" to "linger on." But to finally see this and be free of the desire to achieve more than what nature intended for you is to be dressed in "gold's surrendering gown." You surrender yourself to futility, "redress with open arms" and be enveloped by it (and willingly do so)... finally achieving a "calm." Ascension comes with incentive's end. Once you come to this realization and closure, it becomes possible to finally achieve what you truly want for yourself... feel whole and fulfilled. Your eyes are finally opened.