Rider On The Wheel Lyrics

Lyric discussion by allen11042 

Cover art for Rider On The Wheel lyrics by Nick Drake

I hear a story about a long distance relationship. The rider on the wheel, could be a bike mail carrier helping them communicate, but its sparse and undefined at best. Historically people referred to cycling or bike messengers as being a ‘rider on the wheel.’ In their correspondence things are getting lost in translation, but he’s not going to blame the messenger. He writes songs for her, but cant play them directly to her. He’s changed since they met, but must keep up the show for the messenger even through all these issues.