Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NorthWriter 

Cover art for Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

I agree with everyone. The line "The world is a hundred to one again" reminds me of the prophet Elijah. If you're not familiar with him, he was THE prophet of Israel for a while in the Old Testament. Because he preferred to work alone rather than with a support team, he often got lonely. In one instance he had a price on his head, and seemingly everyone wanted to kill him. At one point Elijah cried out to God that he was the only one who still loved the Lord, and God replied that He had reserved for Himself a remnant of 7,000 Israelites who still believed in God (instead of the myriad false gods worshipped by the masses), and that was a great encouragement to Elijah.

This song totally makes me think of that story. Whenever you feel persecuted, that the world is against you, remember that the Lord is faithful, and will always be with you.