Counting Blue Cars Lyrics Meaning

I sort of agree with the anon who said it may be talking about a kid with a serious disease. This stuff may sound a bit morbid, but it's just speculation, because that's all we can really do. A reason for why they are refering to God as 'her", a quote for you--“Mother is the word for God on the hearts and lips of all little children”-?
I think maybe the disease was probably something like cancer, the child's mother had it, and people with a history of cancer and similar diseases in their family have a higher risk of getting the disease themselves... He keeps on saying "I'm on my way to see her" and "Am I very far now", so the first, in my mind, sort of cements this theory; the second may be how close he is to seeing her, and I honestly can't help but ask if he has anything left, because of how he seems to anticipate what I feel is his death. Also, maybe it's the child asking if he's close to heaven... "It's getting cold, picked up the pace", wow, um... I think this has a double meaning, he's picking up the pace, to get home because it's getting cold/late... and maybe that the world is growing colder, and he has less than before, and things are getting emptier because he knows... Maybe he's a child, or maybe he feels like one. CHildren ask so many questions that are so simple, but sound so wise and beyond their years sometimes, which may be what is being represented when he the child asks for himto tell all his thoughts on God...
"Tell me all your thoughts on God." ^
"'Cause I would really like to meet her"- I think he's anticipating death
"And ask her why we're who we are"- I think this also counts in the "childish and simple, but wise beyond years" part
"'Cause I am on my way to see her"-sort of cements the fact that he's dying
"am I very far now, am I very far now?"- i sort of agree that these are saying "We're not very far now" instead of "Am I...", which means that they are dying... This song, it's honestly very beautiful. It always gives me that bittersweet, melancholic type of chills. I've always thought and felt that it meant something sad and depressing, yet also happy at the same time(when the child dies of the terminal illness, he dies[duh], which is sad, but he is also no longer suffering...), but I've never thought on it this much..... Please pardon any typing, grammar, or spelling errors; I'm not going to proof-read the comment/interpretation like I normally do, mainly because I'm tired and don't wish to deal with it right now...XP