The lyric "he takes our body slow" reminds me of Theodore Roethke's poem "The Waking." cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/912.html "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow..."
Could just be a coincidence, but I don't doubt that Jon Foreman is well-read.
I think it is a coincidence but actually Jon Foreman is an informed reader. I've heard him on interviews and several of his songs are inspired by other people's work: philosophers, novelists, and poets alike.
I think it is a coincidence but actually Jon Foreman is an informed reader. I've heard him on interviews and several of his songs are inspired by other people's work: philosophers, novelists, and poets alike.
The lyric "he takes our body slow" reminds me of Theodore Roethke's poem "The Waking." cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/912.html "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow..."
Could just be a coincidence, but I don't doubt that Jon Foreman is well-read.
I think it is a coincidence but actually Jon Foreman is an informed reader. I've heard him on interviews and several of his songs are inspired by other people's work: philosophers, novelists, and poets alike.
I think it is a coincidence but actually Jon Foreman is an informed reader. I've heard him on interviews and several of his songs are inspired by other people's work: philosophers, novelists, and poets alike.