I believe this song is about reincarnation. The tapestry represents her life. The stranger is someone who at the end of his life was reaching for "something golden" which is the return to the non-physical eastern religion equivalent of heaven. But, he had not reached that level spiritually and began a new cycle as a toad. The figure gray and ghostly is death (dressed in black in times of darkness) and she has mastered life and is ready to make the journey to "heaven"--"my tapestry is unraveling (she's dying), he's come to take me back (to the spiritual world)". I think Pete Townshend's song Drowned is along the same lines.
I believe this song is about reincarnation. The tapestry represents her life. The stranger is someone who at the end of his life was reaching for "something golden" which is the return to the non-physical eastern religion equivalent of heaven. But, he had not reached that level spiritually and began a new cycle as a toad. The figure gray and ghostly is death (dressed in black in times of darkness) and she has mastered life and is ready to make the journey to "heaven"--"my tapestry is unraveling (she's dying), he's come to take me back (to the spiritual world)". I think Pete Townshend's song Drowned is along the same lines.