Holes In The Floor Of Heaven
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| Steve Wariner's song Holes in the Floor of Heaven is a sentimental way of looking at the relationship between faith and death. Once again, we see Grossman's theory on the religious song applying as it is another short story song which ends in a religious space, this time being a church.
Through this song we hear the story of a young boy, whose grandmother passes away right before his birthday, and his mother consoles him by telling him that his grandmother is watching him through the holes in the floor of heaven, and to further entice the child into believing this, she informs him that the rain is his grandmother's tears falling through the holes. The story then goes on to talk about how this young boy grows up and gets married, only to lose his wife, and this once again reminds him of the holes in the floor of heaven. Finally in the third verse, we see this man giving his daughter away at her wedding in the church and when they realize it is raining the daughter brings to the attention of her father that it is her mother crying while looking down on them on this happy day. (Vieth) |
By looking at some of the lyrics, we can see where the faith based beliefs cross with those who have passed away. For example, the main sign of eternal life, is the repeated line of "She's watching over you and me." This line signals that she has been taken into God's kingdom and has the ability to still express feelings as a human would. This suggests that in this song, the angels (if that is what the people who have passed are turned into) are still capable of showing human emotion after they have left the earth. This suggests an idea that the body is left behind but everything else passes on to the afterlife.
This song, as Vieth points out, is an expression of eternal life, and he states that this is becoming more and more prevalent in modern country music. The belief in salvation leading to an eternal life in heaven is a faith based hope that many people pursue with a life of religious affiliations.
This song, as Vieth points out, is an expression of eternal life, and he states that this is becoming more and more prevalent in modern country music. The belief in salvation leading to an eternal life in heaven is a faith based hope that many people pursue with a life of religious affiliations.