Two most haunting lines, imo....
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead....
And...
When the gales of November came early
I think his most profound lyric in that song is...
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?..
I think that question is known as a theodicy...i.e if God is so good, why is there evil in the world?
No one writes popular songs like that anymore AFAIK.
Also haunting is
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours.”
It is very windy here in WI tonight. I am listening to the wind rip through the woods.
Gordon’s song never fails to give me chills.
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours…”