There is this amazing phenomenon that the human mind accomplishes, it can assign meaning to the world around it.
Once yellow bonnets are upon it (a purely natural and meaningless infestation, really), they beautifully "garland all the lawn", in the eyes of the writer.
Once "you were waking", then miraculously "day was breaking", and song (meaning) becomes your coat of armor that allows you to assign meaning to the world around you.
Natural and fairly ordinary things happen throughout the song, but they are interpreted by the artist as being profound. This idea is introduced in the opening verse.
In verse two, when he manipulates the direction a plant is growing he feels like he is "training jasmine how to vine" (and more), and the vine ends up taking on this epic struggle to claim new territory and strive for its potential.
The next verse is sheer beauty as the writer develops a rich storyline to accompany a flowering ivy plant. I feel challenged by Meloy to consider the possibility that these interpretations might actually be descriptions of something fundamental and real.
We are responsible for giving meaning to the world around us. Nothing would be beautiful if there was no human there to witness it and deem it so. This is how summer continually comes to Springville Hill. The potential of "natural" Springville Hill is realized by the human interpretation and assignment of meaning here referred to as summer.
I leave the break to you, it's a profound and highly interpretable passage in this context. I hear it several different ways, what do you guys think?
Thank you Colin Meloy, this song really speaks to me.
This is one of my all-time favorite songs.
There is this amazing phenomenon that the human mind accomplishes, it can assign meaning to the world around it. Once yellow bonnets are upon it (a purely natural and meaningless infestation, really), they beautifully "garland all the lawn", in the eyes of the writer. Once "you were waking", then miraculously "day was breaking", and song (meaning) becomes your coat of armor that allows you to assign meaning to the world around you.
Natural and fairly ordinary things happen throughout the song, but they are interpreted by the artist as being profound. This idea is introduced in the opening verse.
In verse two, when he manipulates the direction a plant is growing he feels like he is "training jasmine how to vine" (and more), and the vine ends up taking on this epic struggle to claim new territory and strive for its potential.
The next verse is sheer beauty as the writer develops a rich storyline to accompany a flowering ivy plant. I feel challenged by Meloy to consider the possibility that these interpretations might actually be descriptions of something fundamental and real.
We are responsible for giving meaning to the world around us. Nothing would be beautiful if there was no human there to witness it and deem it so. This is how summer continually comes to Springville Hill. The potential of "natural" Springville Hill is realized by the human interpretation and assignment of meaning here referred to as summer.
I leave the break to you, it's a profound and highly interpretable passage in this context. I hear it several different ways, what do you guys think?
Thank you Colin Meloy, this song really speaks to me.