I'd agree this song is about the period after death.
I'd go farther, knowing there is a Christian basis to some of the Indigo Girls' music, and say it is specifically about the period after the death of Christ on the cross as he is resurrected.
The song attempts to imagine the mysterious process by which Christ makes his way through the night and is "allowed to glide through the sun" to heaven, thereby redeeming humanity.
I don't think there is another way to interpret the climax line: "Now we are all chosen ones."
I'd agree this song is about the period after death.
I'd go farther, knowing there is a Christian basis to some of the Indigo Girls' music, and say it is specifically about the period after the death of Christ on the cross as he is resurrected.
The song attempts to imagine the mysterious process by which Christ makes his way through the night and is "allowed to glide through the sun" to heaven, thereby redeeming humanity.
I don't think there is another way to interpret the climax line: "Now we are all chosen ones."
A remarkably ambitious song. Kudos to the Girls