gonna read this then go to bed-
by *WASTEofPAINT* on 09-13-2006 @ 02:15:09 PM
The Question is what does this song me to me? The Answer?......Everything!
by couldBanyone on 10-08-2006 @ 03:25:16 AM
The song reflects a circular infinitude. You notice the progression of the narrative spirals into infinity:
Man climbs mountain, talks to old man, old mans tells the Man about when he was young, and climbed a mountain and talked to an old man, who tells the old man about when he was young etc....
by wrat on 11-05-2006 @ 07:08:54 PM
Yep... although the tree has aged from a sapling to a weeping willow, so at least there is a progression there (or if not, at least the periodicity of the cycle of life is different for the tree).
by lostrock on 01-14-2007 @ 07:04:49 PM
This song has such a cozy feeling. And I love the story it tells.
by lukewagoneer on 02-18-2007 @ 09:52:07 PM
theres a really cool music video for this on youtube
by sixfoottallrabbit on 02-22-2007 @ 04:54:39 PM
Well it's just so true isn't it?
If you're ever in the dark, as in you're pretty sad, then you just ask questions like the questions he's asking. But what's the point? You just go through so much thinking and you end up back where you started, asking yourself the exact same questions, so the best thing to do is give up moaning to yourself and sit eagerly for the sun to rise again.
by Mach10X on 06-09-2007 @ 05:55:53 AM
1. What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?
2. How can a man like me remain in the light?
3. If life is really as short as they say then why is the night so long?
To question one I think the answer is to learn from it and share what you learned with others. As for question two, remain in the light refers not only to remaining pure of heart but also refers to question three about night and darkness. So how can a man like him remain in the light? He can't, yet he can. He can't because the night will eventually come (he will eventually die of old age). Yet he can, because there will be someone else to come after him, just as the present old man replaced the past old man when he was young, and the current heartbroken man ends up replacing the present old man by the end of the song. I think the answer to question three can be found by reading the last two answers.
It is an infinite cycle. Death (the long night) is defeated, and you remain forever in the light.
by eskimotaro on 07-14-2007 @ 05:06:39 PM
I think the answers are simply...there are no answers at all.
By giving no answer, the man under the tree is saying that there are no solution. You are suffering because you are bothering yourself with those question, thus the answer is to forget all your pain and enjoy your life. "my time is brief"
If I am not wrong, that is a belief that people believe in in Buddhism. I believe this song has Buddhism reference, because of the image of a difficult pilgrim that the men goes through and how they always end up satisfied with their questions under a tree. Buddha also went through a long and difficult pilgrim and later get enlightened under a tree, he then delicated himself into aiding mankind by giving out sermons and answering questions.
by xdvr on 08-03-2007 @ 12:57:17 PM
See "Sad, Sad Song", it's got the same metre, and is asking virtually the same question.
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.ph...22107858616307
Song Help "..lover with a broken heart"
