I think this song is about the freedom and excitement of youth. They are "roaming" the campground and "hunting for snakes", which seems analogous to Adam and Eve and their search for the snake that is trouble and adventure. Eventually that search ends and the speaker is laying alone in his room with his eyes shut. Time passes and eventually he wakes up to the reality and responsibility of adulthood. The majestic horses subside and he is left to pull a heavy one ton carriage. He wonders who there is to talk to that won't lock him up because adulthood feels constrictive and limiting to him, and he misses the frivolity of his youth.
I think this song is about the freedom and excitement of youth. They are "roaming" the campground and "hunting for snakes", which seems analogous to Adam and Eve and their search for the snake that is trouble and adventure. Eventually that search ends and the speaker is laying alone in his room with his eyes shut. Time passes and eventually he wakes up to the reality and responsibility of adulthood. The majestic horses subside and he is left to pull a heavy one ton carriage. He wonders who there is to talk to that won't lock him up because adulthood feels constrictive and limiting to him, and he misses the frivolity of his youth.