Silk Robe, Garden Flowers
Reflective musings on lost desires
Lyrics
While the nightbird's callin'
Contemplating while the nightbird sings
A voice that's high but fallen
Describing a voice that was once elevated but has now fallen
I'm awake as you lay sleepin'
Awake while you're sleeping, wondering about your thoughts
Wonderin' what thoughts you're keepin'
Curious about the thoughts you harbor
Footsteps across the flagstones
Following footsteps on flagstones in the morning light
I follow as the morning light shone
Accompanying someone as daylight emerges
All around the rain is drying'
Observing the aftermath of rain, symbolic of a cleansing
You're lost and crying' like a child
Perceiving someone lost and crying, reminiscent of a child
When you got everything that you wanted, did you lose some of what you had
Reflecting on whether gaining everything led to losing something valuable
Some of the things that you longed for, are they the things that are making you sad
Questioning if desired things contribute to sadness
Something you thought that you had, is gone
Acknowledging the loss of something once thought to be possessed
Take my hand and lead me somewhere
Seeking guidance and connection
Take me from this place I don't care
Yearning to escape the current situation
A road paved with good intention
Referring to a path with good intentions that led astray
We travelled in the wrong direction
Recognizing a journey in the wrong direction
Silk robe and garden flowers
Symbolizing luxury and beauty contrasted with fleeting time
Minutes past that felt like hours
Emphasizing the slow passage of time
Standin' in that garden known'
Being present in a familiar but changed garden
Love's turned to brambles, growin' wild
Love has transformed into difficulties, growing uncontrollably
Na na na na na nah
Expressing a melodic refrain
Na na na na na nah
Repeating the melodic refrain
When you got everything that you wanted, did you lose some of what you had
Reiterating the theme of potential loss in acquiring desires
Now some of the things that you longed for, are they the things that are making you sad
Questioning if longed-for things contribute to sadness
Something you thought that you had, is gone
Reaffirming the acknowledgment of losing something once possessed
When you got everything that you wanted, did you lose some of what you had
Returning to the theme of potential loss in acquiring desires
Now some of the things that you longed for, are they the things that are making you sad
Revisiting the question of whether longed-for things lead to sadness
Something you thought that you had, is gone
Restating the acknowledgment of losing something once possessed
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