I'm having a difficult time seeing that there are so few comments on this song. I've listened to it for a number of years and my understanding of it has gradually evolved, so maybe I just think about it too much.
To me, it's about him coming to the understanding that the woman he loves is caught up in the here and now--she doesn't understand what it is to exist beyond the physical plane.
"Your dress looks good on you my love / And your house looks like it's heaven" describes a person who is caught up in the physical, in making things around her beautiful and sacred. She cannot see past that, though, and he laments the fact that she will not see Heaven with him: "Why are you / going to be outide eternity? / Everything you know will be.." This is also clear in the lines "Your eyes look like they're from God / And your face looks like it's from God." He is essentially saying that he is reminded of the beauty of Creation in this woman he loves, and he can't understand how she can't accept Jesus, accept salvation.
Also, "Why are there so many people outside of it?" serves a double meaning: you could take it as 'why are there so many people outside of your house,' but you could also take it as 'Why are there so many people outside of Heaven,' as he refers to her house looking like Heaven in the line before.
This is interesting to me because it is clear through many of Jon's songs that he has the same crazy relationship that many people do with God--it is a struggle to keep the Faith, gasping for air in a sea of people belittling you for your beleifs and stereotyping you. He struggles with the idea of faith through many of his songs, and for this to be such a clear message, such a plea to his love to just see the light... well, it's both touching and sad.
I'm having a difficult time seeing that there are so few comments on this song. I've listened to it for a number of years and my understanding of it has gradually evolved, so maybe I just think about it too much.
To me, it's about him coming to the understanding that the woman he loves is caught up in the here and now--she doesn't understand what it is to exist beyond the physical plane.
"Your dress looks good on you my love / And your house looks like it's heaven" describes a person who is caught up in the physical, in making things around her beautiful and sacred. She cannot see past that, though, and he laments the fact that she will not see Heaven with him: "Why are you / going to be outide eternity? / Everything you know will be.." This is also clear in the lines "Your eyes look like they're from God / And your face looks like it's from God." He is essentially saying that he is reminded of the beauty of Creation in this woman he loves, and he can't understand how she can't accept Jesus, accept salvation.
Also, "Why are there so many people outside of it?" serves a double meaning: you could take it as 'why are there so many people outside of your house,' but you could also take it as 'Why are there so many people outside of Heaven,' as he refers to her house looking like Heaven in the line before.
This is interesting to me because it is clear through many of Jon's songs that he has the same crazy relationship that many people do with God--it is a struggle to keep the Faith, gasping for air in a sea of people belittling you for your beleifs and stereotyping you. He struggles with the idea of faith through many of his songs, and for this to be such a clear message, such a plea to his love to just see the light... well, it's both touching and sad.