Dreaming Fields
Harvest of Memories: Exploring Life's Seasons in Trisha Yearwood's 'Dreaming Fields'
Lyrics
Oh, the sun rolls down, big as a miracle
Describing the sunset as a miraculous event
And fades from the Midwest sky
Depicting the fading of the sun from the Midwest sky
And the corn and the trees wave in the breeze
Personifying corn and trees waving as if saying goodbye
As if to say goodbye
Reflecting on the farewell sentiment in nature
Oh, my grandfather stood right here as a younger man
Recalling the speaker's grandfather's presence in 1943
In Nineteen and forty three
Specifically mentioning the year 1943
And with the sweat and his tears, the rain and the years
Highlighting the hard work and challenges faced by the grandfather
He grew life from the soil and seed
Emphasizing the growth of life from soil and seed through effort
Oh
Indicating a transition or pause in the narrative
I'm goin' down to the dreaming fields
Expressing a journey to the dreaming fields
But what will be my harvest now
Raising a question about the speaker's current harvest
Where every tear that falls on a memory
Describing tears on a memory like rain on a rusted plow
Feels like rain on the rusted plow
Symbolizing emotional struggles affecting productivity
Rain on the rusted plow
Repeating the rain on the rusted plow metaphor
And these fields they dream of wheat in the summertime
Imagining the fields dreaming of a vibrant summer
Grandchildren running free
Envisioning grandchildren enjoying freedom in the fields
And the bales of hay at the end of the day
Depicting the end-of-day scene with hay bales and a scarecrow
And the scarecrow that just scared me
Noting the scarecrow as a source of fear for the speaker
Now the houses they grow like weeds in a flower bed
Observing the proliferation of houses like weeds
This morning the silo fell
Reporting the collapse of a silo that morning
Seems the only way a man can live off the land these days
Expressing the challenge of living off the land in modern times
Is to buy and sell
Noting the prevalent practice of buying and selling for survival
So
Blank line, possibly for emphasis or separation
I'm goin' down to the dreaming fields
Pondering the outcome of the speaker's harvest
But what will be my harvest now
Posing the same question as in line 12
Where every tear that falls on a memory
Reiterating the emotional impact on memories and productivity
Feels like rain on the rusted plow
Repeating the rain on the rusted plow metaphor
Rain on the rusted plow
Reiterating the image of rain on the rusted plow
Like the rain on the roof on the porch by the kitchen
Comparing rain on the roof to the grandmother's singing
Where my grandmother sings, I can hear if I listen
Highlighting the connection between rain and emotional resonance
Running down, running down to the end of the world I loved
Referring to a journey toward the end of a beloved world
This will be my harvest now
Declaring that this will be the speaker's harvest now
And the sun rolls down, big as miracle
Describing the sunset again as a miraculous event
And fades in the Midwest sky
Reiterating the fading of the sun in the Midwest sky
And the corn and the trees wave in the breeze
Personifying corn and trees waving as if saying goodbye
As if to say goodbye
Repeating the sentiment of bidding farewell through nature
As if to say goodbye
Reiterating the feeling of saying goodbye in nature
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