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Before we get into the song, it is important to note some dates. The song was copyrighted 1982, and the album on which it appeared was released in 1983. Paul Simon married his second wife, actor/author Carrie Fisher, in 1983, and they divorced in 1984, one month shy of their first anniversary. (True, they had dated since 1977, but still.) So, while it is tempting to say that the song is about this couple and the dissolution of their marriage, Simon wrote it before they were married and released it before they were divorced. So it's about some other couple, or an imaginary one.

Either that, or Simon predicted the ending of the marriage before he even proposed. The opening line certainly lends itself to the speculation that the subjects are Simon and Fisher. Simon is Jewish; Fisher is Jewish on her father's side, which some count as only being 'half Jewish,' since Judaism is traditionally a matrilineal (passed down through the mother's side) religion. The couple, whomever they are, are 'free to wander wherever they choose' (which may be a riff on the idea of the 'wandering Jew,' and perhaps even the idea of the Jews being 'the chosen people.' ) But then, during a trip to New Mexico, they choose differently from one another. (The Latinate guitars and drums of the region are heard throughout the song.) It is significant that they are in the Sangre de Christo mountains.

As the song itself explains, the range is named for the blood of Jesus, the ultimate martyr. Someone here feels that they are sacrificing themselves. The journey is supposed to be ending; it's on its 'last leg.' The 'arc' of their relationship is compared to a 'rainbow,' which is both beautiful and illusory. They are 'high' in the mountains, where the air is thin and hallucinations are possible. Also, while there must have been rain for there to be rainbows, the area is a 'desert' and bereft of the practical needs to sustain life. 'Mountain passes,' or pre-cut trails, are also becoming 'stone,' and more difficult to navigate.

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As pretty as things appear superficially, they are in fact bad and getting worse. Then the man begins to wonder when the trouble started. Tales Of Symphonia Ratatosk Isometric Exercises. He recalls a wedding that was somewhat scandalous-- 'The act was outrageous'-- and the bride may have gone through with the wedding even though she was ill. She was 'contagious,' and she 'burned' with a fever. Either that, or her fervor caused his girlfriend, with whom he is travelling now, to catch the wedding bug: 'These events may have had some effect/ On the man with the girl by his side.' Wait, what was the effect on him? Did her passion stir his, in turn?

'His hands rolling down her hair/ Love like lightning, shaking till it moans,' is a very evocative phrasing (and it's better than what Simon came up with in 'How the Heart Approaches': 'I roll in your arms/ And your voice is the heat of the night/ I'm on fire.' ) And then a question from her jerks our man back to now. They are already in New Mexico, so she asks him; 'Why don’t we drive through the night? We’ll wake up down in Mexico.” After all, they are 'free to wander,' and Mexico is just across the border.