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Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Sodom, South Georgia (page 1/1) ------ performed by Iron & Wine Iron & Wine | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/6/09 "Papa died Sunday and I understood All dead white boys say, "God is good" White tongues hang out, "God is good" =============== I think he's referring to the things that men have said...men that have come and gone. They sleep in their white walls sepulchers...they sleep as the grave....they sleep...and with the image of "GOD IS GOOD" manifesting from their tomb. i think... | Reviewer: aindei | 11/12/08 Seems like the song is about a place where the people are denying the truth of reality. 'Papa died smiling' I think the lines about 'buried in christmas and a blanket of weeds' are about the place finding something else to think about than the death of someone in the community. I think the line 'all dead white boys say god is good' is the artist trying to say that we assume that is what they would say about god, if they could talk - but they can't talk, that's the main point. So that means other people are speaking for them. hmm... | Reviewer: mrshotglass | 5/12/08 I think he is saying "all that white noise, saying God is good". I think he is trying to portray the fact that "white noise" means something that everyone was saying, but he didnt understand it until his father died. Now he knows what "Gos is good" means... Add Your New Review About The Song