I actually think this is a song about watching the day turn to evening. There's a term in photography called "The Golden Hour" which is before sunset. During the Golden Hour, the "color temperature" is about 3,500 K, or things take on a diffuse, golden hue.
Several lines make me think this. For instance, "Turning water into wine". Watching water, a clear substance take on a golden hue, much like the air does during "the golden hour" before sunset.
"Watching the signs taking over from the fading day" or watching illuminated signs illuminate during the fading day, and as the sun goes down, those signs illuminate more of their surroundings than the sun does.
Someone can be outside, watching the sun begin to set during this time, watching the hues change to a warmer color, then colder into dark, it can make you think of the slow decline of life from adulthood, to middle age, old age, and death.
I actually think this is a song about watching the day turn to evening. There's a term in photography called "The Golden Hour" which is before sunset. During the Golden Hour, the "color temperature" is about 3,500 K, or things take on a diffuse, golden hue.
Several lines make me think this. For instance, "Turning water into wine". Watching water, a clear substance take on a golden hue, much like the air does during "the golden hour" before sunset.
"Watching the signs taking over from the fading day" or watching illuminated signs illuminate during the fading day, and as the sun goes down, those signs illuminate more of their surroundings than the sun does.
Someone can be outside, watching the sun begin to set during this time, watching the hues change to a warmer color, then colder into dark, it can make you think of the slow decline of life from adulthood, to middle age, old age, and death.