The Beginning (A Simple Seed)
Lyrics & Song Meaning

By The Classic Crime

I left my heart in a plastic box
On the bedside table
It will be locked 'til I get home

I've grown feeble and tired of the world
Tired of constantly missing my girl
And I long to smell the sea
And I long to smell the sea

The sea, the sea
The sea, the sea
The sea, yeah

I miss the Pacific Ocean & the northwestern air
And to run each of my fingers through the strands of her hair
I've been all over this country lately,
But I've been nowhere it seems, nowhere
Well, I've found the cure
For my landlocked blues

It's coming home to you
It's coming home to you

You, oh oh oh
You, oh oh oh
You, oh oh oh
You, oh

If a simple seed gets just what it needs
Then a redwood tree can grow
Up to a hundred feet for the world to see
And endure the sleet and the snow
But if my whole life was wrapped and priced
I wonder what the tag would show
'Cause every time I'm close to the Holy Ghost
I always seem to let her go

I let her go, I let her go
I let her go, I let her go
I let her go, I let her go
I let her go, I let her go, go

I let her go, I let her go
I let her go, I let her go, go

I left my heart in a plastic box
On the bedside table
It will be locked 'til I get home

The Beginning (A Simple Seed)
Song Meaning

In an interview with guitarist and vocalist Matt MacDonald of the band The Classic Crime, he says this song is about being on tour and missing his wife and his home town.  But it's also about the struggle between balancing earthly relationships and all he can do with his life by doing what he does out on tour, the difference he hopes to make in people's lives.

This song helps us appreciate his relationship with God by explaining how much he loves his wife and misses home, but then showing that his spiritual relationship tops all that.  The last line is where he realizes what his life really is all about; being "close to the Holy Ghost".  And no matter how much he has missed his wife, there are times when he must "let her go".

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