How do you describe the indescribable? A whimsical way of "not quite putting it into words." 

When the Israelites were making their way through the desert, being led by Moses ("the prophet formerly known as the Prince of Egypt"), they were provided with a unique kind of food. Not having a word for it, they referred to it (in the vernacular Hebrew) with a term that can be translated as "whatchamacallit." This became the word "manna." If I'm not mistaken, this is an example of transliteration, which is taking a word in one language and pronouncing it using the closest equivalent sounds in another language. This happens a lot with proper names, especially. (If you can think of any examples, e-mail them to me and I'll include them here). Read "the REST of the story" in Exodus chapter 16.

Basically this song is a relationship song, celebrating that odd and (sometimes) wonderful phase of a relationship where you don't know exactly what it is or where it's going, but you are enjoying the ride so far! Unfortunately, sometimes the actual relationship that follows the "blissful ignorance" stage doesn't survive the clear light of day. But that's another song altogether. A bunch of them, in fact.


Credits: Mark Hall, guitar/vocals.  This is a rough demo, done in my bedroom studio.