River: just wondering...

[mdlbear]

... what it says about me that I never realized that the last verse of Gentle Arms Of Eden is (or might be construed as being) addressed to a human lover rather than metaphorically to the Goddess.

I didn't see it until pocketnaomi wrote an intro for our Norwescon gig that blithely assumed it, and had to sit back and boggle at it for a while. Not sure whether I'm slow, or just more than a little sideways.

Comments

[it-aint-easy.livejournal.com]

I see what you're saying. The last verse puts a new spin on it, moving from an abstract goddess in the abstract past, to a concrete woman in the concrete problems of the present. I can buy that. Indeed, the final line of that verse makes more sense as metaphor than literally.

[mdlbear]

Yes. I had to stare at it sideways for a while, but it did click eventually.