On a roaring "Heart of Gold," which is as noisy as Young's guitar hurricanes, Amos saw twins — or "economic espionage gals," as she puts it to Alternative Press — who "infiltrate corporations and access information and send it somewhere else.
Good or bad, it depends what side you're on."
This backstory certainly isn't obvious from listening to Neil Young's song, which is a loose, weary meditation on searching for meaning in life and the self. However, Amos' vision certainly complicates what the song's reference to a "heart of gold" could mean.
I want to liveI want to giveI've been a minerFor a heart of goldIt's these expressionsI never giveThat keep me searchingFor a heart of goldAnd I'm getting oldKeep me searchingFor a heart of goldAnd I'm getting old
I've been to HollywoodI've been to RedwoodI crossed the oceanFor a heart of goldI've been in my mindIt's such a fine lineThat keeps me searchingFor a heart of goldAnd I'm getting oldKeeps me searchingFor a heart of goldAnd I'm getting old
Keep me searchingFor a heart of goldYou keep me searchingAnd I'm growing oldKeep me searchingFor a heart of goldI've been a minerFor a heart of gold
