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"

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