There is a cave by the sea
You’ll find the Methuselah (Methuselah is in this case a man who has lived a very long life, rich with experience and weary)
As wind-swept as the trees (meaning weary, boney, lived a long hard life)
Should you approach them there
I advise you do so gingerly (gingerly = very carefully, being lied to, betrayed and so on, the old experienced man is untrusting and prone to aggression when his peace is disturbed, exile by his own making)
Lorelei trouble my water (Lorelei is a kind of a siren, incredibly beautiful and sweet, luring seafarers to their death, this line states in a reminiscent tone that such a creature has entered the life of the young traveler/sailor which is the lyrical protagonist)
Oh I throw myself over
Rapture of song (the protagonist has surrendered upon the sweet salvation that the beautiful song has offered him)
Lorelei sweet mooncusser (mooncusser is a kind of a landlocked pirate, which turns off the legit light of the lighthouses and lights up fires upon rocky shores to confuse ships into crashing and then loots the ships and bodies, in this case the Lorelei has been given the attribute of providing the false light which the protagonist has followed, deceited by the lovely looks and songs)
Oh my compass is spinning
And I'm so far from home (regret and confusion when the inevitable happens, once the protagonist understand that it is all for naught and he has been betrayed )
There was a time of innocence (a time of purity in intentions and direct approach of things, pitted against the deceiving ways of nowadays)
He knew nothing of the sea (the perilous journey that life is going to be)
Landlocked in all directions
Riding elephants to victory (waging personal battles, joined by brothers, friends upon the back of mighty beasts, gives us a feeling of pride, glory, honesty, basic principles of every man)
But when the war at last was over
To the circus the beast went (once the troubles have ended, the great glorious days became just a memory of "what used to be" going on trips on memory lane to enjoy it, bringing more sadness then happyness, a bitter sweet feeling of seeing a trapped great giant)
So he walked until the land's end
And he's been there ever since (weary of the nothing that comes, weary of lies , deceit, hypocrisy, the way that things turned out to be instead of the idealistic dreams of the young protagonist, he reached the end of the world finding no meaning there as well, exiled by his own desire, unwilling to socialize and play the games of society anymore, he stays there, observing)
There is a cave by the sea You’ll find the Methuselah (Methuselah is in this case a man who has lived a very long life, rich with experience and weary) As wind-swept as the trees (meaning weary, boney, lived a long hard life) Should you approach them there I advise you do so gingerly (gingerly = very carefully, being lied to, betrayed and so on, the old experienced man is untrusting and prone to aggression when his peace is disturbed, exile by his own making)
Lorelei trouble my water (Lorelei is a kind of a siren, incredibly beautiful and sweet, luring seafarers to their death, this line states in a reminiscent tone that such a creature has entered the life of the young traveler/sailor which is the lyrical protagonist) Oh I throw myself over Rapture of song (the protagonist has surrendered upon the sweet salvation that the beautiful song has offered him) Lorelei sweet mooncusser (mooncusser is a kind of a landlocked pirate, which turns off the legit light of the lighthouses and lights up fires upon rocky shores to confuse ships into crashing and then loots the ships and bodies, in this case the Lorelei has been given the attribute of providing the false light which the protagonist has followed, deceited by the lovely looks and songs) Oh my compass is spinning And I'm so far from home (regret and confusion when the inevitable happens, once the protagonist understand that it is all for naught and he has been betrayed )
There was a time of innocence (a time of purity in intentions and direct approach of things, pitted against the deceiving ways of nowadays) He knew nothing of the sea (the perilous journey that life is going to be) Landlocked in all directions Riding elephants to victory (waging personal battles, joined by brothers, friends upon the back of mighty beasts, gives us a feeling of pride, glory, honesty, basic principles of every man) But when the war at last was over To the circus the beast went (once the troubles have ended, the great glorious days became just a memory of "what used to be" going on trips on memory lane to enjoy it, bringing more sadness then happyness, a bitter sweet feeling of seeing a trapped great giant) So he walked until the land's end And he's been there ever since (weary of the nothing that comes, weary of lies , deceit, hypocrisy, the way that things turned out to be instead of the idealistic dreams of the young protagonist, he reached the end of the world finding no meaning there as well, exiled by his own desire, unwilling to socialize and play the games of society anymore, he stays there, observing)