Wild horses
Rolling Stones

Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am 
You know I can’t let you slide through my hands

Wild horses couldn’t drag me away 
Wild, wild horses couldn’t drag me away

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you’ve decided to show me the same 
No sweeping exit or offstage lines 
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away
I know I’ve dreamed you a sin and a lie 
I have my freedom but I don’t have much time 
Faith has been broken tears must be cried 
Let’s do some living after we die

Wild horses couldn’t drag me away 
Wild, wild horses we’ll ride them some day 
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away 
Wild, wild horses we’ll ride them some day.

A song so emotional and so beautifully written tugs at my heart strings and leads me on to reflect about the nature of relationships. My personal reflection of Wild horses is he is talking to someone he cannot love or be with. I get the feeling an illness of some sort is keeping them apart. But the utmost respect he has for her is conveyed in the line ‘could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind’. The line ‘I know I’ve dreamed you a sin and a lie’ struck a chord in me because the humility in admitting he has caused wrong shows he wants to clear the air, before he goes. I feel as though perhaps trust has been broken between them, ‘tears must be cried’ perhaps insinuating it was a serious predicament. ‘Let’s do some living after we die’, a powerful line that speaks for itself. As for the wild horses, I think they represent life.

*This is not a valid analysis to the song, it is my own, but please Google further other possibilities as to what this song may mean or comment below on what it means to you. Thank you.

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