This song is widely considered to be about Van Morrisons relationship with God and religious convictions. Although weve never heard him speak specifically about the song, he does acknowledge a spiritual element in his music. When asked about the topic in a 2009 Q&A in Time magazine, Morrison said, Religion is a kind of word game. Its whatever it means to those individuals who are following that belief system. If you say something has got spirit or I feel the spirit, to me, that would be more appropriate - spirit in the Aristotelian sense, that the mind and body and spirit are one thing. Which is different from religion.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:03:07 +0000