I have nearly been taken over by this song. Can anyone furnish me with information on its origin?

From the liner notes with SONGBOOK:

"It's about the breakup of a marriage. In a way, you're predicting what's going to take place, and then it happens. In some sense you play the scene out in your mind, and after the fact, it hits you how close you were to the mark. It makes it a little tough to perform sometimes, but not tough enough to keep a great song down. In a way, it covers the same ground as "If You Could Read My Mind" did years later."

quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
From the liner notes with SONGBOOK:

"It's about the breakup of a marriage. In a way, you're predicting what's going to take place, and then it happens. In some sense you play the scene out in your mind, and after the fact, it hits you how close you were to the mark. It makes it a little tough to perform sometimes, but not tough enough to keep a great song down. In a way, it covers the same ground as "If You Could Read My Mind" did years later."




Thanks Auburn Annnie. The lines "the seeds of love lie cold and still, beneath a battered marking stone" had me wondering if it was about the death of someone dear to GL. Still, the death of a marriage is sad enough, if not quite as melancholy.