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In the darkest hour of the longest night
If it was in my power I'd step into the light
Candles on the alter, penny in your shoe
Walk upon the water - transcendental blues
Happy ever after 'til the day you die
Careful what you ask for, you don't know 'til you try
Hands are in your pockets, starin' at your shoes
Wishin' you could stop it - transcendental blues
If I had it my way, everything would change
Out here on this highway the rules are still the same
Back roads never carry you where you want 'em to
They leave you standin' there with them ol' transcendental blues
If it was in my power I'd step into the light
Candles on the alter, penny in your shoe
Walk upon the water - transcendental blues
Happy ever after 'til the day you die
Careful what you ask for, you don't know 'til you try
Hands are in your pockets, starin' at your shoes
Wishin' you could stop it - transcendental blues
If I had it my way, everything would change
Out here on this highway the rules are still the same
Back roads never carry you where you want 'em to
They leave you standin' there with them ol' transcendental blues
Lyrics submitted by Playa
Track duration: 04:13
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Verse 1 he is nervous and about to walk down the isle. I think he relates walking down the isle to "walking on water" (trying to be perfect)
Verse 2 - still nervous, wanting to stop the wedding - "wishing you could stop it"
Verse 3 - things aren't going to be any different if he keeps on going the direction he is going, and he realizes its time for a change, but is still apprehensive.
That being said, this is one of his more opaque tunes, perhaps his most opaque. I wish there was more discussion cause I really don't know what he's saying. But I know Steve well enough to know that he IS trying to say SOMETHING.
The only thing I've been able to gather is it's a little about him evaluating his life, sort of an existential crisis. And in the third verse he comes right back where he always was, on the "Nowhere Road", realizing that his choice of profession inherently carries with it certain hazards that never go away. Oh well.