Michelangelo Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Twinee1 

Cover art for Michelangelo lyrics by Emmylou Harris

The name Michelangelo means dream and angel. She had a dream so this may be the inspiration as she mentions an Angel. I think the song is referring to someone she lost and her dreams are filled with the memory. Alsways with her in her dreams.

@Twinee1 The name is derived from combing MIchael and Angelo.

Micha El means "who is like God?" It is rhetorical and implies that no one is like God. Angelo is from a Greek word meaning messenger. The combination refers to the archangel Michael who is a warrior and a messenger from Heaven.

I agree that the name is used by Emmylou as a veiled reference to Gram Parsons who gave a tremendous boost to Emmylou's career and then died just when things started to take off.

The reference to dying in a field of thorn and roses strongly...