This song was recorded in the early 1970's and a prelude to the Ballad of Dwight Fry. It appears the 2 songs need to be examined together. My interpretation is that a homeless urban character is falling into a prophetic awakening which is perceived by others as mental illness. In fact, the character is given a 6th sense and forsees the 2nd Coming of Christ. I saw another "post" stating AC became a Christian in 1999. He was a struggling Christian for many years prior to that. I believe this song - a smokingly powerful song musically as well as lyrically - is evidence of Alice's inner-convictions when he was in his early 20's.
@Beardawg What?? This song is so obviously NOT about J. C., it's written from the perspective of Satan, who was a fallen angel who used to have angels walking side by side with him, he also jealously says it would be nice to walk upon the water, like Jesus did, so why would J. C. be saying he'd like to walk upon the water?? Sure A. C. says he re-captured his Christianity, you forget, his dad was a Baptist minister & A. C. grew up in the church, Baptist doctrine says, "once saved, always saved," so he didn't just become...
@Beardawg What?? This song is so obviously NOT about J. C., it's written from the perspective of Satan, who was a fallen angel who used to have angels walking side by side with him, he also jealously says it would be nice to walk upon the water, like Jesus did, so why would J. C. be saying he'd like to walk upon the water?? Sure A. C. says he re-captured his Christianity, you forget, his dad was a Baptist minister & A. C. grew up in the church, Baptist doctrine says, "once saved, always saved," so he didn't just become a professing Christian at some point in his career. The song is Indeed great, but not because there's some mysterious analogy to Jesus...go back & re-read the lyrics & consider what I write.
This song was recorded in the early 1970's and a prelude to the Ballad of Dwight Fry. It appears the 2 songs need to be examined together. My interpretation is that a homeless urban character is falling into a prophetic awakening which is perceived by others as mental illness. In fact, the character is given a 6th sense and forsees the 2nd Coming of Christ. I saw another "post" stating AC became a Christian in 1999. He was a struggling Christian for many years prior to that. I believe this song - a smokingly powerful song musically as well as lyrically - is evidence of Alice's inner-convictions when he was in his early 20's.
@Beardawg What?? This song is so obviously NOT about J. C., it's written from the perspective of Satan, who was a fallen angel who used to have angels walking side by side with him, he also jealously says it would be nice to walk upon the water, like Jesus did, so why would J. C. be saying he'd like to walk upon the water?? Sure A. C. says he re-captured his Christianity, you forget, his dad was a Baptist minister & A. C. grew up in the church, Baptist doctrine says, "once saved, always saved," so he didn't just become...
@Beardawg What?? This song is so obviously NOT about J. C., it's written from the perspective of Satan, who was a fallen angel who used to have angels walking side by side with him, he also jealously says it would be nice to walk upon the water, like Jesus did, so why would J. C. be saying he'd like to walk upon the water?? Sure A. C. says he re-captured his Christianity, you forget, his dad was a Baptist minister & A. C. grew up in the church, Baptist doctrine says, "once saved, always saved," so he didn't just become a professing Christian at some point in his career. The song is Indeed great, but not because there's some mysterious analogy to Jesus...go back & re-read the lyrics & consider what I write.