Wow. This song really shakes me. Because of it's heavy affects I couldn't not analyze it.
In the first verse I think he's referencing to a miscarriage backed with the verse:
"God has never been afraid to fill our cups with more than they could hold
Til they all overflow and we drown once and for all" explaining he feels that God has no apathy for Humans.
But in the second stanza the story changes maybe as if it were round 2?
Andy states that he isn't worthy of something so magnificent (a baby?)
"My Apprehension got the best of me" I think means that because of the 1st miscarriage he thought his life was destined to be bad, up until now. And he's guilty for being negative.
The chorus implies that this guilt eats him alive even when he has reason to be happy.
The fifth stanza is extremely deceiving. Everyone seems to be telling him to be happy about the birth and forget his apprehension. This is a very broad guess, but I think "Here I am again directly back to the place where Adam ruined family
running in a marathon of mental til God shows up again" is an allusion to how Adam ruined everything with greed when his life was perfect.
And again the chorus explains his apprehension is still his salted wound.
I hope this helps anyone interested, this may be entirely wrong, don't hold me to it.
I think you've got it right. The line about Adam I believe refers to another song Andy did with Right Away, Great Captain! called cutting off the blood to ten. In that song he finds his wife and brother having an affair. I think the song spans the whole of his relationship with his wife.
I think you've got it right. The line about Adam I believe refers to another song Andy did with Right Away, Great Captain! called cutting off the blood to ten. In that song he finds his wife and brother having an affair. I think the song spans the whole of his relationship with his wife.
Wow. This song really shakes me. Because of it's heavy affects I couldn't not analyze it.
In the first verse I think he's referencing to a miscarriage backed with the verse: "God has never been afraid to fill our cups with more than they could hold Til they all overflow and we drown once and for all" explaining he feels that God has no apathy for Humans.
But in the second stanza the story changes maybe as if it were round 2? Andy states that he isn't worthy of something so magnificent (a baby?) "My Apprehension got the best of me" I think means that because of the 1st miscarriage he thought his life was destined to be bad, up until now. And he's guilty for being negative.
The chorus implies that this guilt eats him alive even when he has reason to be happy.
The fifth stanza is extremely deceiving. Everyone seems to be telling him to be happy about the birth and forget his apprehension. This is a very broad guess, but I think "Here I am again directly back to the place where Adam ruined family running in a marathon of mental til God shows up again" is an allusion to how Adam ruined everything with greed when his life was perfect.
And again the chorus explains his apprehension is still his salted wound.
I hope this helps anyone interested, this may be entirely wrong, don't hold me to it.
I think you've got it right. The line about Adam I believe refers to another song Andy did with Right Away, Great Captain! called cutting off the blood to ten. In that song he finds his wife and brother having an affair. I think the song spans the whole of his relationship with his wife.
I think you've got it right. The line about Adam I believe refers to another song Andy did with Right Away, Great Captain! called cutting off the blood to ten. In that song he finds his wife and brother having an affair. I think the song spans the whole of his relationship with his wife.