Madrone
Journey Through Solitude: Unraveling the Mystical Tale of 'Madrone'
Lyrics
Winds clashing in four directions
Various winds colliding from different directions
So this is home away from you
Expressing being in a place that feels like home, yet away from someone important
A cathedral of candles on the tables lit
Describing a setting with many candles on tables, possibly symbolic of a sacred or ritualistic space
Crooked smiles mangled and strange
Refers to distorted and unusual smiles
And the embers came drifting down the road
Imagery of burning remnants drifting along a path, reminiscent of separation and distance
On this road away from you, on this road away from you
Reiterating the feeling of being on a path away from someone important
It's now in my nature to revere these signs
Developing a tendency to respect or honor certain signs or symbols
Fox and hind stare from the roadside
Seeing animals by the roadside, possibly as omens or symbolic representations
Smoke conceals the hill's fate and distance shrouds my Love's face
Smoke obscures the view, likening it to the uncertainty of the future without the speaker's beloved
And the fires they rage, I can feel it through my bones
Sensing the intensity of fires, possibly metaphorical for emotions or turmoil
Away from love, away from heart, away from home
Feeling distant from love, the heart, and the sense of home
Driving to the sanctuary in the heart of the bay
Heading towards a sanctuary that holds significance, likely tied to emotional relief
Where the garden holds light and marks my pain
Symbolizing the agony that's marked within a garden of light
Fatigued from flight in this lead boil of hate
Exhausted and filled with hatred after a tiring journey
With enough anger to fill the decades
Carrying an immense amount of anger accumulated over time
I am absent from life but my body ticks away
Physically present but emotionally detached from life
Set adrift away from you, and I drift away from you
Being adrift and distanced from the beloved
Those marks lay bare in the snows of last winter
References marks or traces left behind from the past
My guts knotted like a cursive letter
Feeling internally twisted and entangled like a handwritten script
Fox and hind stood in omen succession
Mentions animals as symbols of omen or significance
And heavy storms raged over my youth
Recalling storms that symbolize challenges faced during youth
The gods were there and I took no heed
Ignoring the presence of higher powers or guidance in the past
As I moved to speak it was of no use
Attempts to communicate or express feelings were futile
Now I've fallen away from you
Having moved away from someone important
And I've buried my love from view
Putting love out of sight or concealing it
Now I've gone away from you
Physically departing from the beloved
And I've torn our life in two
Emphasizing the separation and division of their shared life
Away in the hills where the clouds settle in
Describing a location in the hills where clouds settle, indicating an isolated and serene place
Thick mists of night roll over the sky
Imagery of thick mist covering the sky at night
The acorns rain hail from tan oaks
Depicting acorns falling heavily from tan oak trees
And bright burns the shining madrone
Highlighting the bright and vibrant nature of the madrone tree
The hunter's taught bow falls out of sight
Symbolic representation of a hunter's skill diminishing or disappearing
The mounds of white thorns are sharp and steady
Referring to sharp and unwavering thorns as a metaphorical representation
Dead in the wool these blankets wrap me
Feeling trapped or enveloped in unchangeable circumstances
Rotting in moss beneath the trees
Decaying or stagnant, depicted in nature under trees
I yield to the peace of misery
Submitting or succumbing to the tranquility found within suffering
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