By now, the Deadheads have written this song to a greater extent than I ever did. The context changes and thus, everything in it. What Cassidy meant to an audience, many of whom had actually known Neal personally, is quite different from what it means to an audience which has largely never heard of the guy. Some things don't change. Others get born to take their place.
Storms cover the land with trouble.
And then, always, the sun breaks through again.