Discover the story of the song > The Circle Game – Buffy Sainte-Marie

The song tells the story of a child who catches a dragonfly in a jar and is scared of thunder and stars falling. As the child grows up, the seasons change and they skate on frozen streams, but are still told to wait for things to happen in the future. Eventually, the child becomes an adult and realizes that their dreams have changed, but there will always be new ones. The song emphasizes how time keeps moving forward in a circular manner, and we cannot go back to where we started.