☝️ Key Points
- The song is about an old man reminiscing about his past.
- He visits a hill that is connected to his memories.
- The man has buried his memories and has wandered far away, only to realize that he has returned to the hill.
Interpretation
"Mound" by
Phish is a song about an old man who reminisces about his past. He goes to a hill that he knows well and contemplates his memories. The lyrics describe how this man buried his memories of his home in this hill.
"The old man knows it very well,
goes down the snow hill, there's a mound,
a mound that an old man knows well,
look who lifts his shoe over this mound,
right over the world, which is another rewind."
It is also described how the old man walked many miles away from this hill to find shelter. But in the end, he realizes that he has been walking in circles and has come back to the hill.