Oh, and I wouldn't overthink the lines about the man who came around... let it just evoke. I enjoy it as one of Parsons' gospel nods, and I like that about him.

Like the lines in "Wheels"(another Hillman co-write):

...And when I feel my time is almost up
And destiny is in my right hand
I turn to Him who made my faith so strong
Come on Wheels make this boy a man

The Cosmic aspect seemed to include an earnest reference to the concerns of Gospel Music in Country, and I like it that during a time when it would have been easy to be ironic or snarky about those references, he wasn't. Who knows what he believed, but I like the mesaure of respect he offered up while he was gleefully messing with Nashville's heads.