I think this song is about his inter-personal conflict. There is a side of Nick Drake which has learnt from his experiences and has no desire for fame. But there is his another side, which is very much interested in fame , popularity and is frustrated because he is not famous.
So, this song is basically a conversation between the two sides of him: the experienced side trying to explain his other side that he should not ask for anything in exchange of his work. Someday he will get all what he deserves.
Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind. :In this stanza, the experienced side is trying to explain that you are someone extraordinary, and somewhat mentally confused(or disturbed) (as he was depressed most of his life)
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
Someday our ocean
Will find its shore.: Here its telling that he should not ask for more, he has got enough and will get what he deserves in due time.
So I`ll leave the ways that are making me be
What I really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making me love
What I really don't want to love.: In this stanza, the experienced side is telling to bring some change in himself, the things that are distracting his mind and making him go in wrong direction(fame rather than music)
I think this song is about his inter-personal conflict. There is a side of Nick Drake which has learnt from his experiences and has no desire for fame. But there is his another side, which is very much interested in fame , popularity and is frustrated because he is not famous. So, this song is basically a conversation between the two sides of him: the experienced side trying to explain his other side that he should not ask for anything in exchange of his work. Someday he will get all what he deserves.
Time has told me You're a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind. :In this stanza, the experienced side is trying to explain that you are someone extraordinary, and somewhat mentally confused(or disturbed) (as he was depressed most of his life)
And time has told me Not to ask for more Someday our ocean Will find its shore.: Here its telling that he should not ask for more, he has got enough and will get what he deserves in due time.
So I`ll leave the ways that are making me be What I really don't want to be Leave the ways that are making me love What I really don't want to love.: In this stanza, the experienced side is telling to bring some change in himself, the things that are distracting his mind and making him go in wrong direction(fame rather than music)