Toad has stated that this is sung from the perspective of James to illustrate his grief at Jesus's death and his dim view of Paul's role in building up a religious cult around his brother when in reality "he never even knew the man."
"like water through my hands / you'd give him any ending / but if he's all you said / would he fly from heaven into this world again?"
It's really quite a brilliant, poignant song told from the perspective of one brother missing another.
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