The writer of this song believes that this girl’s ways, which are frequently viewed as conservative, are childlike. He doesn’t seem to agree with her ideals, from what the chorus shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI51YiwZ-6g
[Verse 1]
Meet me down by the whale watch
Meet me down by the sea
Meet me down at Coney Island
We'll go out on the sea
So don't ask me no questions
Cause I don't cry no wolf
By the ruins of the Ferris wheel
See her down in the surf
[Chorus]
You might think she's Christ-like
But my lover is childlike
[Verse 2]
See the fish swimming upstream
Back to the hills
Want no part in the whale watch
If you couldn't tell
[Chorus 2]
My lover ain't Christ-like
But my lover is childlike
[Outro]
She don't care for country
In her tatters and rags
As the band plays the anthem
She whispers, "God hates flags"
The-low-anthem released Lover Is Childlike on Fri Mar 16 2012.