"Come back and haunt me, follow me home. Give me a motive, swallow me whole" is a prayer to God. He's praying for God to haunt him, consume him, and surround his thoughts, and the word haunt truly describes it. Give me a motive, swallow me whole. This whole song is about the growing distance in his relationship with God, and the idea that sooner or later, those who surround him, will find out that he's not the perfect Johnny christian.
"Come back and haunt me, follow me home. Give me a motive, swallow me whole" is a prayer to God. He's praying for God to haunt him, consume him, and surround his thoughts, and the word haunt truly describes it. Give me a motive, swallow me whole. This whole song is about the growing distance in his relationship with God, and the idea that sooner or later, those who surround him, will find out that he's not the perfect Johnny christian.