![]() Long has it been a favorite of mine and my elder brothers, particularly the second eldest of our family who holds a PhD in drama and was a young hippie when this tune was originally conceived and recorded. May they all rest in Thanks incredibly much for this interpretation of what may be one of the finest songs in the English canon. The nameless and faceless many who braved the sea with as much hope and passion as those who made it through their journeys alive. I think this is such a beautiful song because it honors all those sailors who have been lost at sea over the centuries. It is a story of those who never made it to their destination - lost at sea forever - but live instead in the glory of god. In any case the song represents sailors risking their lives for passion for the sea. It could be thought of as “nirvana” or “the great beyond” or even some kind of “reincarnation”. Note that “heaven” can be interpreted any way one likes. Since the ship sunk at sea with no survivors and would have been destroyed by the ocean over time there are no human witnesses to their “tortured course”. “Your” in this sense is god as in “god as my witness”. Finally, the sinking is noted in the seaman’s log and seen by “your witness”. The line “many moons and many Junes” is a poetic way to epitomize the sense of eternity. ![]() In the final verse the line “and burnt the mast” indicates that there is no going back to the mortal world, they have accepted this and their entrance into the afterlife is met with “tears of joy”. Another key line indicating this is “no mortal place at all”. Port of call being “heaven” as in “seventh heaven”. There are no survivors as noted in the lyrics “and no one left alive.” The rest of the song is about their journey into an afterlife as indicated by “Upon the seventh seasick day we made our port of call”. It could have sank rounding Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of the African continent) which is very treacherous. Song MeaningOkay, since I cannot find a decent interpretation of this song anywhere I’m going to post what I think is closest to what the metaphors are about in this song and the basic meaning:
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