There is... a melancholy serenity in this song that is absolutely, devastatingly beautiful. The beauty of two lovers caught in eternity, content in one another and content to fade entirely into the greater glory of the forest, seems analogous to course an elderly couple, content to fade away into one another. There's a death-sense in the song, but never a morbid one really, couple that with the instrumentation, and it really does read like lovers at peace, not the heady passion of a new relationship, or even the idolatrous, all consuming devotion so readily apparent in Take Me to Church. No... here is two people at peace with one another, at peace with their end, and even finding joy in that end as they enter it together, at home with and within one another.
@EnigmaticSevens Nailed it! This is what I gather from the lyrics as well. It's a truly transcendental love song. Two lovers returning to nature - souls set free, becoming eternal.
@EnigmaticSevens Nailed it! This is what I gather from the lyrics as well. It's a truly transcendental love song. Two lovers returning to nature - souls set free, becoming eternal.
Your interpretation is very similar to what I feel about this song. I feel that the sweet melody indicates surrender, peaceful and accepting. What a comfort to go back into the earth with the one you love by your side. Hosier is a truly a gifted poet.
Your interpretation is very similar to what I feel about this song. I feel that the sweet melody indicates surrender, peaceful and accepting. What a comfort to go back into the earth with the one you love by your side. Hosier is a truly a gifted poet.
There is... a melancholy serenity in this song that is absolutely, devastatingly beautiful. The beauty of two lovers caught in eternity, content in one another and content to fade entirely into the greater glory of the forest, seems analogous to course an elderly couple, content to fade away into one another. There's a death-sense in the song, but never a morbid one really, couple that with the instrumentation, and it really does read like lovers at peace, not the heady passion of a new relationship, or even the idolatrous, all consuming devotion so readily apparent in Take Me to Church. No... here is two people at peace with one another, at peace with their end, and even finding joy in that end as they enter it together, at home with and within one another.
@EnigmaticSevens Nailed it! This is what I gather from the lyrics as well. It's a truly transcendental love song. Two lovers returning to nature - souls set free, becoming eternal.
@EnigmaticSevens Nailed it! This is what I gather from the lyrics as well. It's a truly transcendental love song. Two lovers returning to nature - souls set free, becoming eternal.
@EnigmaticSevens beautifully expressed.
@EnigmaticSevens beautifully expressed.
Your interpretation is very similar to what I feel about this song. I feel that the sweet melody indicates surrender, peaceful and accepting. What a comfort to go back into the earth with the one you love by your side. Hosier is a truly a gifted poet.
Your interpretation is very similar to what I feel about this song. I feel that the sweet melody indicates surrender, peaceful and accepting. What a comfort to go back into the earth with the one you love by your side. Hosier is a truly a gifted poet.