Discover the story of the song > Up on the Sun – Meat Puppets

The protagonist talks about seeing himself as his own daughter. He questions who told his partner that gold burns slow like camper's candles lost in the snow. The partner is told to lay down and accept the warmth that the protagonist is offering them. The chorus describes a place called 'Up on the sun' where there is an ocean with a wind that never blows, and if it is seen closer, finer details will be revealed.