Typically I think of the image of an impending storm as signifying an oncoming trouble or conflict, one which the narrator sees (the weather vane, wild win, etc.) but she refuses to acknowledge, even to the point of leaving the window open and getting caught out in the rain. I think this frustrates the narrator, saying she has rocks in her head.
It seems whatever the impending conflict is (not wanting to live in New England?), and however pessimistic about their chances to work it out the narrator is, he still loves her, which makes the song sadly sweet, and completely doomed, which seems to be sort of a theme of TMG. Great song. I second how great that line "I don't want to live in New England..." is.
Typically I think of the image of an impending storm as signifying an oncoming trouble or conflict, one which the narrator sees (the weather vane, wild win, etc.) but she refuses to acknowledge, even to the point of leaving the window open and getting caught out in the rain. I think this frustrates the narrator, saying she has rocks in her head. It seems whatever the impending conflict is (not wanting to live in New England?), and however pessimistic about their chances to work it out the narrator is, he still loves her, which makes the song sadly sweet, and completely doomed, which seems to be sort of a theme of TMG. Great song. I second how great that line "I don't want to live in New England..." is.