East Enders Wives
Journey Through Time's Emotional Tapestry
Lyrics
We met by chance along the Roe River side
We encountered each other unexpectedly by the Roe River.
Our salt fire danced as our tea leaves dried
Our lively, salt fire illuminated as our tea leaves dried.
She hatched our plans in the atmospheric tides
She devised our plans amidst the atmospheric tides.
Fortune Teller: Let's give up 'sacrifice' next Lent"
Dialogue between characters: A suggestion to give up 'sacrifice' during Lent.
Rabbit: Eh, that joke's long since been spent!"
Rabbit dismisses the suggestion as an old, worn-out joke.
But as the Fool on the bagpipes played
While a Fool plays the bagpipes, the narrator and companion remain composed in the shade of a parasol.
We kept cool in the parasol shade
They maintain composure despite external circumstances.
Your thumb on my page at my tender age
The narrator reminisces about a past intimacy with someone at a young age.
East enders wives
Reference to "East enders wives," possibly hinting at a particular group or lifestyle.
Then hidden in the boxthorn vine
They become concealed in the boxthorn vine, symbolizing a hidden relationship.
We grew old as the foxtail pine
As time passes, they age together like the foxtail pine.
Sheep in the fold gilding our gold
Metaphorical reference to prosperity ("gilding our gold") in a shared life.
Sipping our milk and water lives
Enjoying simple, mundane lives represented by "sipping our milk and water lives."
She packed our bags some arbitrary time
At some arbitrary time, she prepares to leave by packing their bags.
(by the time he wakes up I'll be gone)
Thoughts about departing while the other is still asleep.
Then waved like a flag from the White Star Line
Symbolic waving goodbye as if a flag from the White Star Line.
(Queensland our next stop, he'll be gone)
Anticipation of the next destination (Queensland) after separation.
Unmoored unwell though I seldom elegize
Feeling adrift and unwell despite infrequent expressions of grief.
(you still see who I once was)
Recognition of personal change but a hope that the connection persists.
We've both been untrue but I'm still counting on you like an invisible rosary
Admission of mutual infidelity with reliance on each other like an invisible rosary.
And as the past and our plans are undone,
Reflection on the dissolution of past plans and relationships.
Slowly sank like the shipwrecked sun
Comparing the sinking of past plans to a shipwrecked sun.
Bridges and boats burning them both
Symbolic destruction of connections represented by burning bridges and boats.
Burned up the sky
Intense imagery of the sky burning up, possibly symbolizing a drastic change.
Choir sang as the Black Birch fell
A choir sings as the Black Birch falls, marking a somber event.
Sorrow rang like a church yard bell
Sorrow is expressed like a churchyard bell ringing.
An axe to the trees smoke for the bees
An axe to the trees causes smoke, possibly symbolizing destruction and loss.
All our dads died.
Reference to the death of fathers, concluding the narrative on a poignant note.
Comment