Though each of these versions has their own little quirks that separate one from the other (instrumental changes, murmuring background singers), the core of Singh’s song–the theme that obsession breeds loneliness–always remained in the heart of the song’s message. Borrowing from Christian iconography to tell his story (much like in the American folk tradition, though Singh was raised Sikh), “Like a Knife” sounds rugged and lived-in. “Come and be my miracle / Make fall from my bed a gospel of sheets / Like when we breathed of that burning bush / I don’t think I ever felt so sweet,” he reminisces, subtlely referencing a miscommunication that has been immortalized by Singh’s voice.