Here is how I interpret this song, I guess based upon my own experience:
It's about how nothing is permanent, but that people, places, or things can have meaning that can last your whole life. The house, for instance. He goes back to visit this house that represents a golden time for him. Lots of experiences and memories during the time he lived there. But he has moved on and so has the house... new owners, etc. And as he says, eventually the house won't even exist any more. But that past time holds a meaning in his life he can look back on and appreciate. The line where he says he is 'looking into you' might mean all these same feelings about a person. A relationship that ended in the past but he can still feel what it meant to him then, and what it means to him now.
The later part about the song traveler... I agree that sounds like Bob Dylan. It brings up a theme common to many peoples' lives, probably more in the 60s than now. Dylan was one of a few musicians I can think of who drew a following by voicing freedoms and lifestyle choices that weren't really condoned before that. A lot of people got carried away and really did treat such people as prophets, hanging on their every word. As time passed, most realized that not everything in those lyrics was gospel truth. Most who were 'following' these cultural leaders took some of what they said and left the rest, essentially going on their own search for where they fit in this world. 'Until the distance had show how the road remains alone' sort of sums this up.
Here is how I interpret this song, I guess based upon my own experience:
It's about how nothing is permanent, but that people, places, or things can have meaning that can last your whole life. The house, for instance. He goes back to visit this house that represents a golden time for him. Lots of experiences and memories during the time he lived there. But he has moved on and so has the house... new owners, etc. And as he says, eventually the house won't even exist any more. But that past time holds a meaning in his life he can look back on and appreciate. The line where he says he is 'looking into you' might mean all these same feelings about a person. A relationship that ended in the past but he can still feel what it meant to him then, and what it means to him now. The later part about the song traveler... I agree that sounds like Bob Dylan. It brings up a theme common to many peoples' lives, probably more in the 60s than now. Dylan was one of a few musicians I can think of who drew a following by voicing freedoms and lifestyle choices that weren't really condoned before that. A lot of people got carried away and really did treat such people as prophets, hanging on their every word. As time passed, most realized that not everything in those lyrics was gospel truth. Most who were 'following' these cultural leaders took some of what they said and left the rest, essentially going on their own search for where they fit in this world. 'Until the distance had show how the road remains alone' sort of sums this up.