All of the songs from Radical Face's Family Tree trilogy (roots, branches, and leaves) tell the intertwined stories of a single family's history over the course of a few hundred years. This song in particular tells the story of Abigail and a man named Tom (described as "simple" and referenced in the later songs Always Gold and Crooked Kind).
I don't have the full details, but, due to some of the imagery that Ben sings about my belief is that Abigail has some kind of supernatural powers, and that Tom, upon witnessing them, decides to protect her, instead of have her accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake.
All of the songs from Radical Face's Family Tree trilogy (roots, branches, and leaves) tell the intertwined stories of a single family's history over the course of a few hundred years. This song in particular tells the story of Abigail and a man named Tom (described as "simple" and referenced in the later songs Always Gold and Crooked Kind).
I don't have the full details, but, due to some of the imagery that Ben sings about my belief is that Abigail has some kind of supernatural powers, and that Tom, upon witnessing them, decides to protect her, instead of have her accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake.