It's a beautiful lyric poem, the words to a very beautiful song. At various times we think Lavender is a person, but sometimes it is just a color. The wordplay in the song is very good.
I think Lavender may have been "one that got away." The beginning of the poem sounds like a warning. Lavender is very attractive but you have to take her seriously. If you don't, there are consequences.
The middle describes the narrator's consuming need for Lavender. That leads us to think something bad is on the way because obsession goes bad. The narrator becomes separated from Lavender in a break-up scene off-stage. The last two verses repeat the warning of the beginning.
Prose version: The writer became romantically involved with a strong, beautiful woman, but she takes life too seriously for him, and he has to leave.
It's a beautiful lyric poem, the words to a very beautiful song. At various times we think Lavender is a person, but sometimes it is just a color. The wordplay in the song is very good. I think Lavender may have been "one that got away." The beginning of the poem sounds like a warning. Lavender is very attractive but you have to take her seriously. If you don't, there are consequences. The middle describes the narrator's consuming need for Lavender. That leads us to think something bad is on the way because obsession goes bad. The narrator becomes separated from Lavender in a break-up scene off-stage. The last two verses repeat the warning of the beginning. Prose version: The writer became romantically involved with a strong, beautiful woman, but she takes life too seriously for him, and he has to leave.