Tapestry
A Tapestry of Life's Mysteries: Carole King's Musical Journey
Lyrics
My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue
Life has been filled with diverse and luxurious experiences
An everlasting vision of the ever-changing view
Perception of an enduring yet constantly changing perspective
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold
Describes the beautiful and enchanting elements in the tapestry
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold
It's a tapestry that can be experienced visually and emotionally but not physically held
Once, amid the soft, silver sadness in the sky
Recalls a moment of melancholy in the sky
There came a man of fortune, a drifter passing by
An affluent transient passes through
He wore a torn and tattered cloth around his leathered hide
Describes the transient's worn-out appearance
And a coat of many colors, yellow, green on either side
Details the colorful coat the transient is wearing
He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
Perceives the transient's uncertainty and confusion
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Expresses the transient's aimlessness
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
Shares a moment where the transient tried to attain something valuable but failed
And his hand came down empty
Highlights the transient's unsuccessful attempt
Soon within my tapestry, along the rutted road
Introduces a turning point in the tapestry's narrative
He sat down on a river rock and turned into a toad
Depicts a transformation of the transient into a toad
It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell
Suggests the transient's entanglement in an unfortunate situation or curse
And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well
Expresses empathy for the transient despite not knowing him well
As I watched in sorrow, there suddenly appeared
Observes the arrival of a mysterious figure
A figure, gray and ghostly, beneath a flowing beard
Describes the appearance of the mysterious figure
In times of deepest darkness, I've seen him dressed in black
Recalls encountering this figure during dark times
Now my tapestry's unraveling, he's come to take me back
Suggests the impending end or unraveling of the tapestry
He's come to take me back
Implies the figure has come to take the narrator away
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