This song is about a single person dying and coming back as another entity. For me, the last part sung by Cash is the most profound. We are familiar with highway robbers, sailors, and dam builders, but the point of Cash's verse is that the rebirth goes on forever when humans might be capable of traveling the universe, or if that's not his destiny then "a single drop of rain."
This song is about a single person dying and coming back as another entity. For me, the last part sung by Cash is the most profound. We are familiar with highway robbers, sailors, and dam builders, but the point of Cash's verse is that the rebirth goes on forever when humans might be capable of traveling the universe, or if that's not his destiny then "a single drop of rain."
Great song!