It's hopeful and looking like they could help each other for the future. You could also take this the other way in that they would end their lives together, but I definitely think this is not the case.
"The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more" - have faith. The line "We've been through worse than this before we could talk" shows the extent of what they've both been through and they can help each other and that there's hope for a brighter future. He tells her not to "cower in your bed" and not to "look so scared" - be brave, face your fears. (Intro riff) Each morning you march your sisters like soldiers to school 'Cause lo and behold your father has drunk quite a few You were alone and steady with wintry calm Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark Em D But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail Em D You say 'my love, you take the cards that you're dealt' Em D Cause there's no guiding light arcing a line to. Her lover/friend tells her that he'll be on his way and tells her to meet him: "meet me at the railway line". Then, the tone changes and it's a lot more hopeful. I think it's to show that her youth may have been taken from her and it had been darkened, but she can light up the fire inside. If it's dark outside, you light the fire yourself" - you have to do things for yourself to light up your world. Then, in reference to the line "Somewhere inside the fire in your youth went dark", she says "You take the cards that you're dealt. Next, the line "You swear blind there is no weight in the water pail" shows that she does not admit how her life is a burden upon her, she doesn't show how difficult it is. "Somewhere inside the fire in your youth went dark" is a reference to her innocence and childhood which was taken from her - by forcing her into adult duties when she should have been able to be a child. The line "steady with wintry calm" is about remaining calm but cold, almost like she's isolated from everyone including her parents. I think the girl is young because she still relies on her parents but is forced into adulthood to be strong for her sisters: "March your sisters like soldiers to school". Today, the term Black Belt generally encompasses a stretch of counties from Virginia down through the Deep South and including parts of Texas and Arkansas.Song MeaningI think the meaning behind this, as already stated is about a teenage girl with two alcoholic parents: "Your mother is drinking again" / "Your father had drunk all the fuel". Later, and especially since the war, the term seems to be used wholly in a political sense - that is, to designate the counties where the black people outnumber the white." The part of the country possessing this thick, dark, and naturally rich soil was, of course, the part of the South where the slaves were most profitable, and consequently they were taken there in the largest numbers. "So far as I can learn, the term was first used to designate a part of the country which was distinguished by the color of the soil.
Washington described the evolution of the Black Belt: That stretch eventually became associated with the slaves who tended to the land, and the term expanded to include the greater region where slavery and cotton farming were widespread. The term originally referred to a specific stretch in central Alabama known for its dark, fertile soil. The Black Belt is a region of the Southern US with a history of slave plantation agriculture and a high African-American population.
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