Honolulu Blues
Craig Finn Lyrics

A man darkened our doorway
A stranger came to our door

He said he's here to share the good news
He claimed to have some positive information to share

He had a smile straight from the movies
He had an overly charming and fake smile

But when I looked down at his shoes
When I looked at his shoes

There were holes and they showed his toes
His shoes had holes in them and his toes were visible

The right was left. The black was brown
His shoes were mismatched in various ways

And later on in the garage I couldn't find my chainsaw
Later on, I was unable to locate my chainsaw in the garage

In the distance I heard trees just falling down
I could hear trees falling down in the distance

I was underneath the city I was riding around on trains
I was exploring the city and taking trains to get around

Fell asleep before Nassau Ave.
I fell asleep before getting to Nassau Ave.

And I ended up in Maine
I woke up in Maine

There were big tall trees and rocky coastline
The scenery in Maine included tall trees and rocky coastline

And the waves came in so wild
The ocean waves were very intense

But for all the natural beauty there were still so many kids that were asking me for something that could help them to get high
Despite the natural beauty of Maine, many children were still struggling and seeking drugs to escape their problems

We're all good. We're all bad
We all have both positive and negative qualities

We're euphoric and we're sad
We experience both happy and sad emotions

We roll the rock away and check the tomb
We reference the story of Jesus rolling away the stone from his tomb

We're awake and we're aware that we're confused and cold and scared
We are conscious of our feelings of confusion, detachment, and fear

And the cross reminds us that He died for me and you
The crucifix is a reminder that Jesus died for everyone

Woke up in the ocean with the Honolulu Blues
Woke up in the ocean, feeling sad and troubled while in Honolulu

Joan Didion and Graham Greene
Names of authors Joan Didion and Graham Green

Said roughly the same thing
Their ideas overlapped to some extent

You bring your Jesus to the jungle
You try to bring religion to unfamiliar and unconventional places

Try to teach people to sing
The goal is to teach people to adopt your religious beliefs

All the hymns that you love because you learned them as a kid and they make perfect sense to you
You are attached to certain religious hymns because they were taught to you as a child

There's a point in time when thousands die
There are moments of mass death and destruction

And you've got to maybe think that maybe Jesus isn't getting through
One might start to question if religious beliefs are truly effective in the face of such destruction

We're freezing in the forest
We are stuck in the cold, surrounded by trees

There's no wood to heat the house
We don't have any wood to start a fire for warmth

We took axes ti the furniture
We resorted to chopping up furniture to make firewood

We pulled the floorboards out
We went so far as to remove floorboards to burn for warmth

There's animals scratching at the door
We are being bothered by animals trying to get into the house

And they know we're gonna die
The animals sense our fear and desperation

We're all wild. We're all free
We are all capable of exhibiting wild and free behavior

We're all back from Tennessee
We have all recently returned from Tennessee

With the souvenirs to prove that we were there
We have tangible reminders that we visited Tennessee

We're flying round in planes
We are traveling by plane

Searching out those panoramic views
We are in search of beautiful and expansive views

Woke up in Oahu with the Honolulu Blues.
Woke up in Oahu, feeling sad and troubled while in Honolulu