Album: Blender (2000)
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Songfacts®:

  • Lindsey Kris, the toddler son of Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland, did the cooing at the beginning of this song. It's likely that the song is addressed to him, as Roland is reveling in the joys of fatherhood (Lindsey Kris) was his first:

    The sky tonight is gracious
    To rain on me your sweetness
    I scream an explanation
    Your world is so contagious
  • This is the first track on the fifth Collective Soul album, Blender. Ed Roland has a thing for one-word titles, dating back to the group's first single, "Shine."
  • There is only one verse to this song that holds actual lyrics; the second verse is just some "bada ba bop" babbling over and over. Having a young child will do that to you.

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  • Patrick from Humboldt, IaJesus don't speak english but.....haha what a great chorus
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