willow
“I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night”
“Lost in your current like a priceless wine”
“You know that my train could take you home”
“I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man”
the water and the ship, opening and closing the album
“I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night”
“I'm on waves, out being tossed ... Guess I'm feeling unmoored” — evermore
A community reader hears evermore answer willow across the length of the album: willow opens as the water meeting the ship that rolls in, evermore closes unmoored and tossed on the same waves. The album that began with the speaker as water welcoming a vessel ends with her cast loose on it - the imagery bookending evermore, with the final song's recovery measured against the opening song's arrival.