When The Water Falls Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pantheist1 

Cover art for When The Water Falls lyrics by Collective Soul

This is one of my favorite Collective Soul songs. It could be that he is just cherishing his daughter's early moments and curiosity, but I think there is something deeper to be heard in the lyrics. It seems that the lyricist is trying to say that in the innocent days of our youth we begin to ask the questions about very weighty, discomfiting things, like death.

His little girl isn't bothered about the water cycle, but maybe about a pet or a relative that died.

The first line is "picture perfect child of her sex" not "of innocence".