When I first heard this song, what really caught my attention was the chorus, and I thought "holy crap! Travis wrote a song about fishing!"
It's positions - where I am
the further demand, the fact of expanding
your body's in my hands
The catch of the day try running away
Where are you?
Lines like "The catch of the day, try running away" and "your body's in my hands," really sound like a fishing song.
Then I gave this song a better listen.
I do still believe that song is about fishing, but metaphorically. Think of us humans as the fish and God or a higher power as the fisher. This song is about, to me, coming to "your time" and being caught by the higher power, or "fisher," and brought above:
When I first heard this song, what really caught my attention was the chorus, and I thought "holy crap! Travis wrote a song about fishing!"
It's positions - where I am the further demand, the fact of expanding your body's in my hands The catch of the day try running away Where are you?
Lines like "The catch of the day, try running away" and "your body's in my hands," really sound like a fishing song.
Then I gave this song a better listen.
I do still believe that song is about fishing, but metaphorically. Think of us humans as the fish and God or a higher power as the fisher. This song is about, to me, coming to "your time" and being caught by the higher power, or "fisher," and brought above:
"You go to let your soul break free"