Wow surprised no one has picked this apart yet. My favorite from the album, this is just loaded with symbolism. Here's some stuff I looked up that I think fits pretty well.
Dead horse: symbolizes something that once gave you strength but then failed you.
Meadowlark: messengers, bringers of change.
Horsefly: symbolizes masculinity? Couldn't find too much about this.
Pear tree: symbolizes motherhood and fertility.
Dido's lament: famous classic lament, sang before she dies
Erebus: darkness and death personified
Thorazine is a drug used to treat a lot of symptoms like vomiting or nausea
Opals: symbolize hope or inner change for the better
Mayfly: symbolizes inner change and growth, also childhood and innocence
Ephemera: it's a Latin name for a genus of mayfly
Broken arm: in dreams this symbolizes a perceived inability to help oneself or loved ones
So given all that, and the context of the album, it's pretty clear this song is an exploration of sufjan's mother's absence, sickness, return and death altogether.
Wow surprised no one has picked this apart yet. My favorite from the album, this is just loaded with symbolism. Here's some stuff I looked up that I think fits pretty well.
Dead horse: symbolizes something that once gave you strength but then failed you.
Meadowlark: messengers, bringers of change.
Horsefly: symbolizes masculinity? Couldn't find too much about this.
Pear tree: symbolizes motherhood and fertility.
Dido's lament: famous classic lament, sang before she dies
Erebus: darkness and death personified
Thorazine is a drug used to treat a lot of symptoms like vomiting or nausea
Opals: symbolize hope or inner change for the better
Mayfly: symbolizes inner change and growth, also childhood and innocence
Ephemera: it's a Latin name for a genus of mayfly
Broken arm: in dreams this symbolizes a perceived inability to help oneself or loved ones
So given all that, and the context of the album, it's pretty clear this song is an exploration of sufjan's mother's absence, sickness, return and death altogether.
@coolcrowe That's great! Thanks.
@coolcrowe That's great! Thanks.