I guess the idea of the song is that any circle of familial (and, in a larger sense, spiritual) relationships is always a broken circle because some of us are here, on Earth, and some of us have gone on to whatever happens next. When we all meet again on the other side, the circle will be complete and unbroken.

But that doesn't mean that my circle will be complete when I die, does it? Because, even though I will have joined my grandparents and parents, that's only half of the circle. I'll probably still have children and grandchildren hangin' around here and I'll have to wait for them to croak before my circle's complete. And, even then, their circle won't be complete 'cause they'll still be waitin' for their own kids and grandkids to croak. Damn! Who started this thread anyway?

Bruce