For me, this is about an alcoholic. An eldorado is a fish - referring to the saying drinks like a fish. The cycle of 'loving, recovering' is the drinking cycle, the drunk-sober cycle. Perhaps the hard-wood, smells like the coffee verse is a rehab, where introspection occurs.
How good is Downie! So many ways to interpret his songs.
For me, this is about an alcoholic. An eldorado is a fish - referring to the saying drinks like a fish. The cycle of 'loving, recovering' is the drinking cycle, the drunk-sober cycle. Perhaps the hard-wood, smells like the coffee verse is a rehab, where introspection occurs. How good is Downie! So many ways to interpret his songs.