There is no part of the song that indicates them parting ways. However, this song does draw a corollary between rings of a trees and the proverbial "rings on people" which would be the laughter lines. The author is obviously speaking to an important person....one the author is going to grow old with. And the part about "Ashen faces" is about death, that stories will be left behind.
There is no part of the song that indicates them parting ways. However, this song does draw a corollary between rings of a trees and the proverbial "rings on people" which would be the laughter lines. The author is obviously speaking to an important person....one the author is going to grow old with. And the part about "Ashen faces" is about death, that stories will be left behind.