rhea9914 is clearly biased against the Bible. Forget the many references to angels and heaven (images found in the Bible, but not limited to, of course) that are deemed "real" in the song. A "book of lies" can be anything. It can be a fashion magazine, a newfangled philosophy or tract. Furthermore, there's no evidence that the two women are at all connected, let alone the same person! Simply Because they are both...female and have a book of sorts? Not nearly enough to make them the same person. I see the first woman as being a young street kid and the second being a much older lady, who died in her own home ("her head is by the door"). Amos Lee seems to be scanning the societal spectrum and his associations with humanity. Going from his personal life/relationship, to a business relationship with the banker, to having a superficial relationship (just through observation) with a street girl he barely knows, and one he seems to have never seen (the death of the older lady, perhaps which he read in a newspaper, as the whole scene sounds like something out of a film). He is descending in levels of intimacy, from the most personal relationship to the most distant. However, he continues to observe and think about humanity ("I don't know when I'll be coming home"), and imparts that all have impacted him equally ("I sympathize").
rhea9914 is clearly biased against the Bible. Forget the many references to angels and heaven (images found in the Bible, but not limited to, of course) that are deemed "real" in the song. A "book of lies" can be anything. It can be a fashion magazine, a newfangled philosophy or tract. Furthermore, there's no evidence that the two women are at all connected, let alone the same person! Simply Because they are both...female and have a book of sorts? Not nearly enough to make them the same person. I see the first woman as being a young street kid and the second being a much older lady, who died in her own home ("her head is by the door"). Amos Lee seems to be scanning the societal spectrum and his associations with humanity. Going from his personal life/relationship, to a business relationship with the banker, to having a superficial relationship (just through observation) with a street girl he barely knows, and one he seems to have never seen (the death of the older lady, perhaps which he read in a newspaper, as the whole scene sounds like something out of a film). He is descending in levels of intimacy, from the most personal relationship to the most distant. However, he continues to observe and think about humanity ("I don't know when I'll be coming home"), and imparts that all have impacted him equally ("I sympathize").