Like the Dawn Lyrics
he'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work
and like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook
I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you
bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, at last
your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kings
and like the dawn you woke the world inside of me
you were the brightest shade of sun when I saw you
but how could I have known?
This song appears to be an allusion to Adam waking up to find Eve in the Garden of Eden. "He'd put me deep, deep under so he could do his work" is a reference to God putting Adam to sleep so he could take a rib from Adam's body, that was used to form Eve. Later the lyrics read "bone of my bone".
The last lyric is the most meaningful: "and you will surely be the death of me, but how could I have known". This alludes to the Eve enticing Adam to eat the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Great song.
Seems pretty likely to me. The entirety of Through the Deep, Dark Valley has pretty obvious Christian themes to it.
Seems pretty likely to me. The entirety of Through the Deep, Dark Valley has pretty obvious Christian themes to it.
This first CD of the Oh Hellos echos of the beginning chapters of Genesis. This is the account of the creation of Woman. When she was brought to Adam for the first time the song he sang was, "Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh." This song tells Adam's story from his perspective.
Truly, Eve would be the death of Adam, for she convinced him to eat of the fruit.
This is one of my favorite songs so I will gladly share the meaning.
(I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you first) So, this describes Adam from Genesis being put to sleep in the Garden of Eden so God could make Eve
(He'd put me deep, deep under so that he could work) This goes into further detail of him sleeping so Eve could be created.
(And like the dawn you broke the dark and my whole earth shook) When Eve entered his life, he was lonely before. He has someone to be with now. She broke his loneliness ( if that makes sense )
I was sleeping in the garden when I saw you ( repetition )
(At last, at last Bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, at last) This describes how God made Eve from Adam's own flesh
(You were the brightest shade of sun I had ever seen Your skin was gilded with the gold of the richest kings And like the dawn you woke the world inside of me You were the brightest shade of sun when I saw you) This all describes how he loved her and adored her
(At last, and you will surely be the death of me But how could I have known?) Sure enough, Adam didn't know that Eve would be the death of him by convincing him to eat the fruit of the garden.
I was sleeping in the garden (oh oh) I can show you I was sleeping in the garden ? (oh oh)