What do you think Approaching Lavender means?

Gordon Lightfoot - Approaching Lavender Meaning

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Song Released: 1970


Approaching Lavender Lyrics

If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching Lavender
You'll feel just fine but one thing's sure
You'll never be the same
If you'd like to try your hand at understanding Lavender
Then you must be very sure
That life is not a game
You...

  1. anonymous
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    Mar 14th 2024 !⃝

    The approaching death of the human race, applies to the two aortas, the heart calcinizes, savagely twice, the third incident seems lighter, but the incomplete calinosis of the heart would be the only blessing.

  2. anonymous
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    Jan 30th 2021 !⃝

    Love this song. Intriguing rhyme scheme and lyrics.

    I’ve always interpreted it as a man encountering a new lover— he’s mesmerized by her charm and beauty, but apprehensive as he knows that he’ll be drawn in irretrievably if he commits to her.


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