I really think the lyrics are off, unless they're from the CD liner....
In the first verse, it really sounds to me that he says
"oh, carolina, something's wrong
you've lost the wind in your sails
and now you thought to hail land
and you pray the ground will not fail"
Instead of
"and now you float to a land"
Which would make more nautical sense. You hail the harbor when you come to it.
The last verse has always sounded like
"you face the mirror on the wall
you hold a knife to your hair
you fill the sink with your curls
for the life you spent"
Which makes a lot more sense than "for the life you a have spread"
Cutting hair has always been symbolic, of change, of mourning. Cutting her hair, for the life she has spent just makes sense there, especially in a song about retrospective thinking, regret and hope.
I really think the lyrics are off, unless they're from the CD liner....
In the first verse, it really sounds to me that he says
"oh, carolina, something's wrong you've lost the wind in your sails and now you thought to hail land and you pray the ground will not fail"
Instead of "and now you float to a land"
Which would make more nautical sense. You hail the harbor when you come to it.
The last verse has always sounded like
"you face the mirror on the wall you hold a knife to your hair you fill the sink with your curls for the life you spent"
Which makes a lot more sense than "for the life you a have spread"
Cutting hair has always been symbolic, of change, of mourning. Cutting her hair, for the life she has spent just makes sense there, especially in a song about retrospective thinking, regret and hope.