This is maybe my favorite Cat Stevens song. I have included it in acoustic sets for decades. I casually thought it was about a relationship but now I think it is more of a spiritual song.
It comes from a place of waking one morning feeling incomplete unable to "make no headway" on life's road. Yet everyday his eye are filled with aspiration for grace and desire for meaning. But life is frustration and his wheels won't roll leaving him feeling empty and unable to grow. He did become a devout Muslim not long after renouncing his popstar "empty" life.
"Tea for the Tiller Man" is some of the best music of the 60s in case you missed it.
This is maybe my favorite Cat Stevens song. I have included it in acoustic sets for decades. I casually thought it was about a relationship but now I think it is more of a spiritual song.
It comes from a place of waking one morning feeling incomplete unable to "make no headway" on life's road. Yet everyday his eye are filled with aspiration for grace and desire for meaning. But life is frustration and his wheels won't roll leaving him feeling empty and unable to grow. He did become a devout Muslim not long after renouncing his popstar "empty" life.
"Tea for the Tiller Man" is some of the best music of the 60s in case you missed it.
Peace