Behind the sun
An old, black expression that means the same thing as _behind the Cotton Curtain_: "down South, down home, in the South, below the Mason-Dixon Line, back home, down in big-foot land, beneath the magnolias," etc.
"I'm going to Louisiana / Baby, behind the sun." Muddy Waters: _Louisiana Blues_, 1950.
behind the sun
A figure of speech that refers to someone who is deceased. There are no religious, ethnic, or cultural meanings behind the phrase.
I am listening to music in honor of the people in my life who are now behind the sun.
Amanda is behind the sun.
Amanda is behind the sun.