Painted Horse Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sokorny 

Cover art for Painted Horse lyrics by Deep Purple

Each verse seems to be singing about the death of someone. The first verse about the death of a child ... not sure who in particular the second and third verse are directly referring to.

The last verse is singing about their own death.

"Thoughts of a winter moon" - winter relates to death many times in literature "Warm in a distant room" - that is in death their body is cold, but their spirit is warm elsewhere "Why did I fall asleep so soon" - death equates to sleep

Well one way I interpreted the song.

My Interpretation