The "when we were strangers." verse all seems to be in past tense, including the "when we were lovers." This could mean that all that is in the past, yeah? The only other thought I might have is that he's visiting a old lover, someone he's not with but managed to stay on good terms with. However, if we're using the day as a metaphor for their life, wouldn't it make more sense for it to end when the sun goes down? And why would he want to dance just as the moon comes up? I'm not sure I'm with this theory. And when I opened the record, the first Neil Young disc was missing. com music shop (it was quite after the RSD). Certainly a Harvest Moon is red, which could indicate blood and death. referencing Harvest Moon, LP + LP, S/Sided, Etch + Album, Ltd, RE, 9362-49107-8 I purchased this record new and sealed from a German. It may have a longer term meaning as well.
But he's still in love with them, and still loves to dance.
He's been with this person a long time, I think, perhaps has even married them and had kids. It sort of has an immediate meaning, I think. But guess what, I didn't come into this or any other topic and do it, because it's obnoxious. Many of its backing musicians also appeared on Young's 1972 album Harvest. And what's with the list? I could probably name 50 songs I like better than this one too. Harvest Moon is the 19th studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on November 2, 1992. Sveden, why did you come onto this song's page and say all that? You didn't even say why you didn't like the song, you just said "it's a lame, wussy song." I'm sorry, but acting like having feelings is lame doesn't make you cool. General CommentWhile I realize it's silly to chastise someone for something they said almost a year ago. I do not think the separation is particularly desired by either party. I understand this song as a deep love that will always exist, though the two involved were separated and probably always will be. Along with lots of other Neil Young fans, I was introduced to this album in phases. I feel that this just also correlates to the fact that years have passed between their being together, and he wants their reuniting to be wondrous, ethereal - such like childlike dreams. He is reflecting upon this intense love that he still feels in his older years for a person he wishes to be with again, even if briefly for a single evening/dance.Īnother line: "Just like children sleepin', We could dream this night away" is also being interpreted too literally. I believe the harvest moon parallels a calendar year to the seasons of life.suggesting that his life is soon ending. This song is not about a marriage or couple, but rather an all-consuming (perhaps unrequited) love that still exists. This is probably the 10th time Ive purchased this album one way or another over the years. Right next to harvest and after the gold rush. Look around NYA for fun and listening ALL my. Theres so many Neil albums but this ranks among the best. Link to the NYA info-card for this song with press, documents, manuscripts, photos, videos. "When we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart" clarifies that the relationship is in the past. Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2016. My InterpretationI agree with the above comment by lazyesq.