I have always believed the woman in this song was killed by her lover. The first three "there goes" are opportunities to fly away. Then the drumming changes to taps and there goes an "angel" and a "steeple", which are funeral references. A cop car and the eagle, a rapacious bird of prey are next. Then the raven, a symbol of death, is the last reference. The ribbons of the flag represent two lives completely destroyed.
I have always believed the woman in this song was killed by her lover. The first three "there goes" are opportunities to fly away. Then the drumming changes to taps and there goes an "angel" and a "steeple", which are funeral references. A cop car and the eagle, a rapacious bird of prey are next. Then the raven, a symbol of death, is the last reference. The ribbons of the flag represent two lives completely destroyed.