I agree with the interpretation that it's either a) about simple childhood innocence and/or b) about spreading the "word" of god. Verse three is definitely about a church:
It's getting cold, picked up the pace : some people view churches and the life of god as emotionally "cold"
How our shoes make hard noises in this place : churches are always quiet
Our clothes are stained : as in, we are stained with knowledge and are no longer innocent like kids?
We pass many, cross eyed people : not literally cross-eyed; crosses of church are in their eyes, etc.
And ask many questions
Like children often do
I also agree with the fact that "her" just sounds better. If indeed Dishwalla didn't put a very deep meaning into this song, it doesn't matter because it's possible that even Mark Twain didn't mean very much by Huck Finn -- he was at best a storyteller, after all. A person could write something about Diet Coke and then the world would say it's about how the world is fizzling, or something to that extent. I think religion is the easiest interpretation point because it's so skewed.
But not that I don't think that's what this song is about.
P.S. Someone needs to spell-check this song, because the "It's" in the 3rd verse needs an apostrophe and the "must of"s should actually be "must have"s.
I agree with the interpretation that it's either a) about simple childhood innocence and/or b) about spreading the "word" of god. Verse three is definitely about a church:
It's getting cold, picked up the pace : some people view churches and the life of god as emotionally "cold" How our shoes make hard noises in this place : churches are always quiet Our clothes are stained : as in, we are stained with knowledge and are no longer innocent like kids? We pass many, cross eyed people : not literally cross-eyed; crosses of church are in their eyes, etc. And ask many questions Like children often do
I also agree with the fact that "her" just sounds better. If indeed Dishwalla didn't put a very deep meaning into this song, it doesn't matter because it's possible that even Mark Twain didn't mean very much by Huck Finn -- he was at best a storyteller, after all. A person could write something about Diet Coke and then the world would say it's about how the world is fizzling, or something to that extent. I think religion is the easiest interpretation point because it's so skewed.
But not that I don't think that's what this song is about.
P.S. Someone needs to spell-check this song, because the "It's" in the 3rd verse needs an apostrophe and the "must of"s should actually be "must have"s.