If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Journey Through Redemption: If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Lyrics
If I should fall from grace with God
If the speaker loses favor with God
Where no doctor can relieve me
When no doctor can provide relief
If I'm buried 'neath the sod
If the speaker is buried in the ground
But the angels won't receive me
But angels refuse to accept the speaker
Let me go boys, let me go boys
Expressing a desire to be released or set free
Let me go down in the mud where the rivers all run dry
Wishing to go into difficult or challenging situations
This land was always ours
Asserting ownership of the land as a collective heritage
It was the proud land of our fathers
The land belonged to the speaker's proud ancestors
It belongs to us and them
Claiming that the land belongs to "us and them," possibly referring to different groups
Not to any of the others
Emphasizing the exclusion of others from claiming the land
Let them go boys, let them go boys
Encouraging others to let go, possibly of attachment to the land
Let them go down in the mud where the rivers all run dry
Suggesting acceptance of challenging situations for others
Bury me at sea
Expressing a desire to be buried at sea
Where no murdered ghost can haunt me
Seeking a location where no troubled spirits can disturb the speaker's rest
If I rock upon the waves
Referring to the speaker rocking on the waves
No corpse can lie upon me
Emphasizing the freedom from having a corpse lying upon the speaker
It's coming up three boys, keeps coming up three boys
Noting the passage of time and repetition of challenging situations
Let them go down in the mud where the rivers all run dry
Encouraging others to face difficulties or challenges
If I should fall from grace with God
Repeating the fear of losing favor with God
Where no doctor can relieve me
Reiterating the lack of medical help in such a situation
If I'm buried 'neath the sod
Repeating the idea of being buried in the ground
So the angels won't receive me
Reiterating that angels would not accept the speaker
Let me go boys, let me go boys
Repeating the desire to be released or set free
Let me go down in the mud where the rivers all run dry
Reiterating the wish to face challenging situations
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