Compassion

“I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones”

Angela & Uncle Jerry identify the line 'where the spirit meets the bones' as deriving from Miller Williams' poem 'Compassion,' which contains the line 'You do not know what wars are going on down where the spirit meets the bone.' Uncle Jerry notes the line may also pay homage to Lucinda Williams' album title 'Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone,' which won the American Music Award for Album of the Year in 2014. Uncle Jerry suggests that someone in the music industry would likely be familiar with the line, and that its use in ivy creates a tone appropriate for the poem's spooky, liminal qualities.