Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven
Desperate Sprouts Reaching for Heaven: A Tale of Longing and Redemption
Lyrics
The human mind is a pile of shit
The human mind is described negatively as a "pile of shit."
New life takes root in it
New life takes root in the human mind.
Grows into the most complicated formations
This new life grows into complex formations in the mind.
With stunning colors and branches reaching up
The formations in the mind are vivid and intricate, like stunning colors and branches.
Toward the heaven that they long to touch
The formations aspire to reach heaven.
Trying to get just a brief audience with the sun
Efforts are made to gain a brief audience with the sun, symbolizing aspirations and enlightenment.
They wanna ask the sun to shine down
The formations (thoughts, ideas) want the sun to shine down and nurture them.
And warm the pile of shit they come from
Desire for warmth and growth from the origins (the pile of shit).
These desperate sprouts all clustered around
Imagery of desperate sprouts clustered around, akin to a gospel choir, seeking growth and enlightenment.
Like a gospel choir with their arms raised up
Gospel choir imagery continues, expressing a collective desire for spiritual upliftment.
Poor girl a long way from heaven
A female figure is described as a "Poor girl a long way from heaven."
Poor girl a long way from heaven
Repetition of the description, emphasizing the distance from heaven.
April 4th, 1993
A specific date is mentioned, possibly a significant event in the narrator's life.
God came down to talk with me
God is described as coming down to communicate with the narrator.
Threw a stone at my window to get my attention
God tries to get the narrator's attention by throwing a stone at their window.
She motioned to me to climb down my wall
God motions for the narrator to come down from their wall.
I shook my head, I was afraid to fall
The narrator hesitates due to fear of falling and troubling their mother.
I was young and I didn't wanna trouble my mother
Narrator reflects on being young and avoiding trouble for their mother.
And now I am a wretched old crone
The narrator, now old, describes themselves as a wretched old crone.
Who swears that God once came to her home
The narrator claims that God once visited their home.
I keep a lone candle burning upon my little windowsill
The narrator keeps a lone candle burning to signal their presence to God.
So she knows I'm home
Ensuring God knows the narrator is home, possibly seeking divine connection.
Poor girl a long way from heaven
Repetition of the description, "Poor girl a long way from heaven."
Poor girl a long way from heaven
Reiteration of the distance from heaven, emphasizing the narrator's state.
How they'll talk about you
Anticipation of how people will talk about the subject, suggesting potential judgment.
How they'll spill your blood
Implies negative talk and the spilling of blood, possibly symbolic of struggles and conflicts.
How they'll love you when you're gone for good
Anticipation of posthumous love, contemplating how people will remember the subject after their departure.
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