Lyric discussion by stormville 

People speak in tongues when possessed by the holy spirit. The pilgrimage is also associated with religion or spirituality. For the longest time I heard the lyric as "take up watching" which could be associated with watchfulness or mindfulness. It's also really interesting how the music of the song totally changes halfway through the song.

@stormville Yes. I Agree with your interpretation a pilgrimage is going to a sacred place, perhaps a trip to the Holy Land I don't care for speaking in tongues good for a broken lip, I find that to be sarcastic and irreverent to a spiritual gift found in 1Co 12 and also mentioned in chapter 13 of the NT I really enjoy REM but their pot shots of Christianity are dismal

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