I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
On the wings of a snow white dove ~ He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above ~ On the wings of a dove
When troubles surround us ~ When evils come
The body grows weak ~ The spirit grows numb
When these things beset us ~ He doesn't forget us
He sends down His love ~ On the wings of a dove
When Noah had drifted ~ On the flood many days
He searched for land ~ In various ways
Troubles he had some ~ But wasn't forgotten
He sent him His love ~ On the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow white dove ~ He sent his pure sweet love
A sign from above ~ On the wings of a dove
A sign from above ~ On the wings of a dove
When troubles surround us ~ When evils come
The body grows weak ~ The spirit grows numb
When these things beset us ~ He doesn't forget us
He sends down His love ~ On the wings of a dove
When Noah had drifted ~ On the flood many days
He searched for land ~ In various ways
Troubles he had some ~ But wasn't forgotten
He sent him His love ~ On the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow white dove ~ He sent his pure sweet love
A sign from above ~ On the wings of a dove
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Wings of a Dove Lyrics as written by Bob Ferguson
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