He Was In Heaven Before He Died notes
"I was writing about
friendship. My father died back around when my first album came out. I was
thinking about the trips we used to take down to Paradise. We'd cut through
Indiana & cross the Wabash River; I wanted to make a specific reference to
that.
That one started out with the picture of the rainbow of
babies over a graveyard. Where do you go from there? I consider that a
challenge, though, to paint myself into a corner & then get out. I figured
out that what you're trying to do as a writer is go to places that aren't so
comfortable, that you don't already know how to get out of"