Hi Vic,

Travis should be mad because you killed off his innocent little rose. It never had a chance. Other than this clear injustice perpetrated upon Travis and his rose...

I loved your song! Even if everyone has a little bit of a different interpretation of the exact events, it still doesn't change anything -- listeners know that it's a man who feels he's been wrongly accused, and is sent to prison and we feel for him with all that entails. That's the takeaway and the exact details don't really matter. All listeners will think that their particular interpretation of how he ended up in prison is the correct interpretation. We have the advantage of being able to pick the brain of the song's creator, but most listeners don't have that luxury.

For instance, I know that Rose is the name of his wife, but to me, the rose is a metaphor for hope. The song works either way for me. The particulars didn't even matter to me because I was caught up in his current plight.

Also, I see the ending as him having died and is walking along in the afterlife, looking for Rose (his wife) or the rose, representing hope. I also see it as death row. Both work.

Cool song!

Lisa