This seems like a direct reference to John the Baptist.
John was beheaded but also one of the first people in the Bible to really talk about "heaven" or an afterlife. Which, is what the rest of the song seems to be about. He received his notoriety and subsequent execution for baptizing people in a river (in anticipation of Jesus coming and saving Isreal)
"No, I'm not dead, just a head lighter."
This seems like a direct reference to John the Baptist.
John was beheaded but also one of the first people in the Bible to really talk about "heaven" or an afterlife. Which, is what the rest of the song seems to be about. He received his notoriety and subsequent execution for baptizing people in a river (in anticipation of Jesus coming and saving Isreal)