First thing to consider is the cover photo. It seems that there is a man slouched on a chair behind and to the right of a well. Looks very much like Mexico. It is, in fact, the courtyard of the Abbey where Jackson spent formative years. I once stopped by to participate in a songwriting workshop put on by Severin, Jackson's brother and current resident of the Abbey. It was instant recognition when I stepped through the doorway into that courtyard. I stopped in my tracks held my breath even. I had just walked into an album cover from my youth. "Only in L.A.," I thought.
It does seem that the song covers some political ground and draws analogies to romance and growing up. Sometime (I speculate) there is simply a brilliant song title that needs a melody and some words. The active imagination of a child growing up in such a place as the Abbey could easily find poetry in the notion that there is actually a lady who lives in the well.
That all of life springs forth from a well is one of the oldest, and yes, somewhat biblical notions. The well was often the social hub of a village. The spoken bulletin board of a people and a time.
enjoyed your post, found it valuable; your information about the Abbey and JB's brother! I understand the song to be about a relationship with Maria, which he seems to say he cannot commit to as he "must return" to his people; the the last verse, The lady of the Well, yes the oldest of spiritual thinking perhaps, connect the life giving of water toa greater force
enjoyed your post, found it valuable; your information about the Abbey and JB's brother! I understand the song to be about a relationship with Maria, which he seems to say he cannot commit to as he "must return" to his people; the the last verse, The lady of the Well, yes the oldest of spiritual thinking perhaps, connect the life giving of water toa greater force
First thing to consider is the cover photo. It seems that there is a man slouched on a chair behind and to the right of a well. Looks very much like Mexico. It is, in fact, the courtyard of the Abbey where Jackson spent formative years. I once stopped by to participate in a songwriting workshop put on by Severin, Jackson's brother and current resident of the Abbey. It was instant recognition when I stepped through the doorway into that courtyard. I stopped in my tracks held my breath even. I had just walked into an album cover from my youth. "Only in L.A.," I thought.
It does seem that the song covers some political ground and draws analogies to romance and growing up. Sometime (I speculate) there is simply a brilliant song title that needs a melody and some words. The active imagination of a child growing up in such a place as the Abbey could easily find poetry in the notion that there is actually a lady who lives in the well.
That all of life springs forth from a well is one of the oldest, and yes, somewhat biblical notions. The well was often the social hub of a village. The spoken bulletin board of a people and a time.
enjoyed your post, found it valuable; your information about the Abbey and JB's brother! I understand the song to be about a relationship with Maria, which he seems to say he cannot commit to as he "must return" to his people; the the last verse, The lady of the Well, yes the oldest of spiritual thinking perhaps, connect the life giving of water toa greater force
enjoyed your post, found it valuable; your information about the Abbey and JB's brother! I understand the song to be about a relationship with Maria, which he seems to say he cannot commit to as he "must return" to his people; the the last verse, The lady of the Well, yes the oldest of spiritual thinking perhaps, connect the life giving of water toa greater force