Learning How To Die Lyrics

Lyric discussion by crystalynn84 

Cover art for Learning How To Die lyrics by Jon Foreman

The lyric "he takes our body slow" reminds me of Theodore Roethke's poem "The Waking." http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/912.html "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow..."

Could just be a coincidence, but I don't doubt that Jon Foreman is well-read.

I think it is a coincidence but actually Jon Foreman is an informed reader. I've heard him on interviews and several of his songs are inspired by other people's work: philosophers, novelists, and poets alike.