This song is about an accident that kills a man on a manufacturing line. He doesn't want anyone blamed for the accident and the priest is called to give the man his last rights. As he lays there dying he talks to his friend about some of the joyful moments they shared, from a night on the town to the end of a long day at work.
I think the last set of lines is a question he was asked by his friend right before he died. He didn't get time to answer. Maybe the question was what he was seeing as he left his body. Was he going to heaven or hell? That's just a guess, though; I'm not sure exactly what Chris means by that.
The layering at the end of this song is spectacular. Violin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano... What a crescendo!
This song is about an accident that kills a man on a manufacturing line. He doesn't want anyone blamed for the accident and the priest is called to give the man his last rights. As he lays there dying he talks to his friend about some of the joyful moments they shared, from a night on the town to the end of a long day at work.
I think the last set of lines is a question he was asked by his friend right before he died. He didn't get time to answer. Maybe the question was what he was seeing as he left his body. Was he going to heaven or hell? That's just a guess, though; I'm not sure exactly what Chris means by that.
The layering at the end of this song is spectacular. Violin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano... What a crescendo!