incredible tune from a great album.

'The spirits of love stand behind me
Faces gone, black eyes burnin bright
May the precious blood find me
Lord as I stand before you, I realize'

shit is deep, man. deep.

presumably it's written from the viewpoint of a firefighter on 9/11 ascending the tower, and becomes a metaphor as he dies and 'ascends' ...it's powerful stuff, but there's very few artists who could pull it off so eloquently