“Blue Jay” references a phone call the pair had while Grady was in Portland, where she explained that she couldn’t get a job into sin and death, meaning she was struggling to find work.
Jason Molina, Riding with the Ghost, Erin Osmon
[Verse]
It seems that the older inhabitors never got out of you
The phantom broods were wronged in body
And in a state, they will make their soon escape
By building a new inheritance
It’s likely more not to be
Than sin and death and vipers to fill our beds
And as for liberty, she will work or she will suffer
I am dense with the light of women
And I insist I’m not confused
I will not be going
Blue Jay was written by Jason Molina.
Songs: Ohia released Blue Jay on Tue Apr 01 1997.