In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Oh, oh, my love
Don't you leave me
Cause I don't want to learn how to die
Oh, oh, my love
And oh my my
You know I can't get over
Cause I can't even seem to get by
Oh, oh, my my
And oh my land
(Oh my land)
No, It ain't beneath me
(Ain't beneath me)
Cause I got my head in the sand
Oh, oh, my land
And oh my eyes
(Oh my eyes)
No, they deceive me
(They deceive me)
Seeing but I can't understand
Oh, oh, my eyes
Its like a choo-choo train rolling away
Another choo-choo rain washing away
When were apart
Its like a choo-choo train rolling away
Another choo-choo rain washing away
When were apart
Cause you're apart of my heart
And I'm apart from my heart, my heart
Oh, oh, my God
(Oh my God)
He listens to me
(Listens to me)
And I ain't even talking out loud
Oh, oh, my God
And he says, My son
(Says, My son)
Now, listen to me
(Listen to me)
And listen while the listening's good
You're not my son
But you know my love
(Oh my love)
No it ain't easy
(It ain't easy)
But it ain't the type to give up and die
That's not my love
Its like a choo-choo train rolling away
Another choo-choo rain wash me away
When were apart
It's like a choo-choo train lap me away
Another choo-choo train wash me away
When were apart
Cause you're apart of my heart
And I'm apart from my heart
From [Repeat: x17]
My heart)
From [Repeat: x3]
Don't you leave me
Cause I don't want to learn how to die
Oh, oh, my love
And oh my my
You know I can't get over
Cause I can't even seem to get by
Oh, oh, my my
And oh my land
(Oh my land)
No, It ain't beneath me
(Ain't beneath me)
Cause I got my head in the sand
Oh, oh, my land
And oh my eyes
(Oh my eyes)
No, they deceive me
(They deceive me)
Seeing but I can't understand
Oh, oh, my eyes
Its like a choo-choo train rolling away
Another choo-choo rain washing away
When were apart
Its like a choo-choo train rolling away
Another choo-choo rain washing away
When were apart
Cause you're apart of my heart
And I'm apart from my heart, my heart
Oh, oh, my God
(Oh my God)
He listens to me
(Listens to me)
And I ain't even talking out loud
Oh, oh, my God
And he says, My son
(Says, My son)
Now, listen to me
(Listen to me)
And listen while the listening's good
You're not my son
But you know my love
(Oh my love)
No it ain't easy
(It ain't easy)
But it ain't the type to give up and die
That's not my love
Its like a choo-choo train rolling away
Another choo-choo rain wash me away
When were apart
It's like a choo-choo train lap me away
Another choo-choo train wash me away
When were apart
Cause you're apart of my heart
And I'm apart from my heart
From [Repeat: x17]
My heart)
From [Repeat: x3]
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Watch the live studio recording of this song on YouTube, it is great.
Oh, oh, my God He listens to me And I ain't even talking out loud Oh, oh, my God And he says, ‘My son’ ‘Now, listen to me’ ‘And listen while the listening’s good You’re not my son’ But you know my love No it ain’t easy But it ain’t the type to give up and die That’s not my love
Very deep. Wonder why god turned his back on him?
I think maybe this is about the disillusion of youth and childhood, at least in the verse slaorenz just quoted. I think maybe a member of Dr. Dog was very religious as a boy, and maybe felt that after all this praying and God listening to him, he felt abandonded by God or maybe religion in general.
Another possibility is this is a reference to Jesus on the cross, just before his last breath, crying to God, "why have you forsaken me?"- a moment showing that even the "perfect" son, can have his moment of doubt and feeling of abandonment like all humans. Not sure if this is what they had in mind.
Great song though, awesome live.
No, god didn't turn his back on him; he's simply reminding him that he is not his son, i.e. Jesus; i.e. none of us are living the perfect life.
"...You have to lose You have to learn how to die if you want to want to be alive...." wilco lyrics from "war on war"
When he says "I don't want to learn how to die" maybe he's paying homage to wilco or jeff tweedy in some way? Anybody have any thoughts on that?