I Come from the Water

this song is obviously about evolution. he's talking about evolving from water animals and living on land.

I liked the evolution explanation. Pretty much what I thought too.

i think the part "i coe from the water" its a way of saying im differet, because (if your religous) humans, people, man kind come from the dust of the earth. and not water so him saying thst would be him saying in a way that hes different and that people come at it for because "it wernt no easy thing"

I think it's about living with your problems to get to something you want ("life in the desert just to be together..." and "I love to see the sun in spite of what it's done"). I don't know. It's a great song, no matter what it means.

i think "the water" is a metaphor for a place he was stuck in.

sounds like hes talkin bout a tadpole that turned into a frog that came up outta the water..

ok, "the water" is definitely symbolic. I think you guys are kind of missing it though. The water is how his life used to be, with a preacher as a father etc. A religous life. He crawled out into teh burning sunlight (like hell) into temptation for the worldly desires. He PRAYS for shade and rain, as in he still wants the comforts that gospel gives him, while enjoying the world of sin he wants to live. "I love to see the sun/in spite of all it's done" is great because the "bad" things he is doing don't inporve his life, but he loves to do them anyways.

Yeah i'd definetly have to agree with scottpeltz here. It also seems like this song has a connection with the song "BackSlider" and how he talks about being Baptised in it. You are re-born again and you can start your new life because you sin has been washed away. "Emerged beneath the sun, To start a new life." But all in all, Scottpeltz, i think you got it.

I was thinking that for the longest time! I REALLY think this band was either Christian or just Christians who played music. All of their songs have a lot of symbolism about it. Coming from the water, to me, is like being born again: "I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit." And basically that's when you're reborn into the church.

I see this song as the water being his childhood, his innocence, and the religion of his family. When he grew up, he "emerged beneath the sun" and left his family views behind because he was attracted to the destruction of the sun. He loves that new freedom, but he also wants to go back to the water.