God, the acoustic version of this song is beautiful. I was hoping others would have posted interpretations of this gem. I seemed to identify with it from the standpoint of being someone who loves the idea of love but gets scared and can't seem to commit. I feel like the "little rabbit" is actually a girl he is singing to. I feel like he's telling her to run away from him. He tells her:
"I find I keep falling for love
But I can’t seem to follow it through"
Then he says:
"I leave one good hand on the wheel
Been counting mile markers for days
Everything falls further behind
I can disappear in several ways"
As if to say he always keeps one foot in the relationship and one foot out, ready to "disappear" from the romance at a moment's notice. He can't fully commit.
I interpret the "One little man, one mighty sun" lyric almost as if he's saying he's a small person compared to the bright/burning love she may feel for him; he doesn't want to "awaken" to it, he wants to stay ignorant in his own emotional neutrality.
He then tells Little Rabbit to listen to her gut and break away from him. She's likely heart broken that he can't give her what she wants/needs but isn't willing to walk away from him, and he's asking her to listen to her intuition and break free from him. Just count the hard fight she's waged to make the relationship work as a sunk cost, throw the towel in and walk away.
God, the acoustic version of this song is beautiful. I was hoping others would have posted interpretations of this gem. I seemed to identify with it from the standpoint of being someone who loves the idea of love but gets scared and can't seem to commit. I feel like the "little rabbit" is actually a girl he is singing to. I feel like he's telling her to run away from him. He tells her:
"I find I keep falling for love But I can’t seem to follow it through"
Then he says: "I leave one good hand on the wheel Been counting mile markers for days Everything falls further behind I can disappear in several ways"
As if to say he always keeps one foot in the relationship and one foot out, ready to "disappear" from the romance at a moment's notice. He can't fully commit.
I interpret the "One little man, one mighty sun" lyric almost as if he's saying he's a small person compared to the bright/burning love she may feel for him; he doesn't want to "awaken" to it, he wants to stay ignorant in his own emotional neutrality.
He then tells Little Rabbit to listen to her gut and break away from him. She's likely heart broken that he can't give her what she wants/needs but isn't willing to walk away from him, and he's asking her to listen to her intuition and break free from him. Just count the hard fight she's waged to make the relationship work as a sunk cost, throw the towel in and walk away.
Just my thoughts :)