I was hoping somebody else already had an interpretation because aspects of the song don't make sense to me. It seems like metaphor for ... a journey of enlightenment. But it also strikes very much as a literal trip from the city to an idylic country retreat. (Like Sisotowbell Lane, on the same album.)
It makes more sense to me as the latter. Because if it's the former I am not sure what Nathan La Franeer represents. A difficulty, but a somewhat nasty one. I don't know. Hoping for some other input.
I was hoping somebody else already had an interpretation because aspects of the song don't make sense to me. It seems like metaphor for ... a journey of enlightenment. But it also strikes very much as a literal trip from the city to an idylic country retreat. (Like Sisotowbell Lane, on the same album.) It makes more sense to me as the latter. Because if it's the former I am not sure what Nathan La Franeer represents. A difficulty, but a somewhat nasty one. I don't know. Hoping for some other input.