I think this song is about meditation and reaching a peaceful place where you don't grow old, the living is easy and the spirit is near. He says it took him a long time to get there, meaning to learn to successfully meditate and if it were easy, he wouldn't have cared. If everything were in order, there would be no need for meditation. Jim James recommends meditation all the time and recently recommended "Inner Art of Meditation" by Jack Kornfield if any of you are interested.
I think this song is about meditation and reaching a peaceful place where you don't grow old, the living is easy and the spirit is near. He says it took him a long time to get there, meaning to learn to successfully meditate and if it were easy, he wouldn't have cared. If everything were in order, there would be no need for meditation. Jim James recommends meditation all the time and recently recommended "Inner Art of Meditation" by Jack Kornfield if any of you are interested.