The line "I'd have carried your wedding shawl, you could have said I was a school friend" suggests that he is more than just a school friend to the woman who just got married. General CommentI think that this song is talking about a man in an affair. I don't know if anyone will even ever see this, but I just want to know what other people think the song means.ĭang this was long. I probably completely missed what the writers intended for it to mean, but to each their own (interpretation). I don't really know.Īgain, this is just what I think. Also, the Garden could be a symbol for human burden or something like that. In the last line (leave that painful memory in the Garden of Gethsemane), I think he is saying that he is trying to forget the relationship and move on. I read this article about how those type of people sacrifice their own happiness for others and it could apply to this. In the line where he says "I'm over-sympathetic", I think that over-sympathetic personality could be the reason he lost the girl. But I thiiiink that the girl and her to-be husband are saying their vows (the song is back in the present tense), and the guy is kind of being sarcastic or mocking their vows of allegiance or something. Ok, I'm iffy about my whole interpretation of the song, but even more so the lines (testify allegiance with more puncture wounds than Jesus) - but these lines are really powerful in my opinion. But the guy would justify their relationship (but I'll take my pound of substance from those insubstantial men, whatever their arguments, I'll prove your innocence). DRY THE RIVER BIBLE BELT LYRICS FULLNext part: people would try to condemn their relationship, but they don't know or understand their full story (in the parliamentary houses there'll be talk of what this is, with inexpert witnesses and evidence against us). Also, she is not a person that people can control and her mind cannot be changed easily and she has a strong will (they'd never get the marionette that's tied on you). I think the next part of the song is saying that even if he tried to get back with her, which would involve the girl cheating on her now-husband, it wouldn't work, because the "devil's tricks" wouldn't work on her (the devil's tricks just seem to sit so light on you). In the last 5 lines of the verse, it means something like he could pull out a bunch of reminders of the girl and display them in his house or something so it would be as if she was still there, but it wouldn't be the same (instead it would be super depressing ya know). Anyways, in the next lines, he is thinking that 'you could look back at our relationship but it would be pointless because you already know how it ends' - they split up (you could walk to our memorial but it's pouring, and it ends how you'd expect). I think they mean that other people's relationships are either failing or have failed but theirs is different or still has hope, which is how a lot of people tend to feel about their own relationships. I love the lines (excavating down you'd find the drowning and the drowned and then there's us babe). He is still at the wedding, but he starts thinking of possibilities of him and the girl getting back together. I'm not sure what the 1st two lines of the chorus means, but I think the last two are saying that no one else knows the girl like he does (They say it's just the sun, but I know that face).īy the second verse, I think the song becomes the guy's thoughts (the lyrics become words like "you'd" and "you could" and "I'd" - if that makes sense). He also says that his presence could be explained to people by saying he was a school friend, but he was truly her ex-lover (I'd have carried your wedding shawl, you could have said I was a school friend). The 1st verse is in the present tense, so he is currently at the wedding but he does't appear to belong (Forever dressing down, I'm like a stranger hanging round outside the kingdom hall). I think this song is telling the story from the point of view of a man at the wedding of the girl who he used to be in a relationship with and is still in love with. I've probably completely missed it's intended message / story, but I guess everyone can interpret songs different ways. My InterpretationI've never done this before but I just thought I'd put what I think this song means since it's incredible and I've found no other interpretations and I've been looking over the lyrics and listening to it for hours because I'm using it for my english class project. With inexpert witnesses and evidence against us, You could have said I was a school friend.Īnd the drowned and then there's us babe,īut it's pouring and it ends how you'd expect. There's a parabolic story but it's boringįorever dressing down them like a stranger
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