Heavenfaced Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Way_AE 

Cover art for Heavenfaced lyrics by National, The

There's a lot of fear/hope about death & dying here, but I can't quite figure out the central line: "Can’t face heaven all heavenfaced." What does it mean to be "heavenfaced"?

Well considering how Berninger is big on his wine and alcohol, it's basically a play on the word shitfaced. Whereas when you are shitfaced you are wasted on alcohol, I'm assuming he means for heavenfaced to mean that you are wasted on joy and happiness