One By One All Day Lyrics

Lyric discussion by egotripping 

Cover art for One By One All Day lyrics by Shins, The

"if every moment of our lives were cradled softly in the hands of some strange and gentle child" is obviously a reference to earlier in the song when he described picking up snails and letting them go in new places. it may have something to do with god, but i seriously doubt it, and there's no real reason to think so.