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Songs can do a lot of things for people. For me, I’ve had songs help me understand my feelings at times in my life, when I found a song that really stated what I was going through at that time (essentially). There are some songs that, when you hear them the first time, they hit you hard and you don’t expect it.
So, with that being said, what song lines have hit you hard when you heard them. And, furthermore (if you’re comfortable with saying this), what was going on in your life at the time that that song line hit you that hard? I’ll state two for myself.
The first would be “Elephant,” by Jason Isbell. The song’s essentially about a guy and this girl (we perceive to be a drinking buddy that had some sort of attraction between them) that has cancer. Slowly, through the song, it gets sadder, and the cancer gets worse. She could talk at one point, she couldn’t as it went on. At the end, the lines go as followed:
“I've buried her a thousand times
Giving up my place in line
But I don't give a damn about that now
There's one thing that's real clear to me:
No one dies with dignity
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow”
While I didn’t have to endure someone like that dying of cancer, I’ve had numerous people in my family, and that I know, die of cancer. Particularly the “no one dies in dignity” hit me really hard, thinking of those who have passed. This song is really sad, really, really sad. It’s probably the crowning jewel of of Isbell’s career so far.
The other is more personal for me. The song, “Cleveland County Blues,” by John Moreland, hit me particularly hard in a very bad state I was going through in my life. I had been in a relationship with someone who really treated me terribly. But, I stayed with her for awhile, until she ended it in a way so terrible that I won’t state. I found this song after we broke up. What I will state about the relationship and breakup is this: this song summed up my relationship with that girl. The lyrics (along with Genuis.com’s analysis of the lyrics) was me. It was exactly me. And in a sense, it helped, but then brought up even more questions. Honestly, I can’t put a single line for this song. I have to put the entire song for it. For those curious, here’s a link to Genius’s lyrics with the analysis of them. It puts things into perspective better. John Moreland – Cleveland County Blues Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
So what about y’all? Let’s hear!
So, with that being said, what song lines have hit you hard when you heard them. And, furthermore (if you’re comfortable with saying this), what was going on in your life at the time that that song line hit you that hard? I’ll state two for myself.
The first would be “Elephant,” by Jason Isbell. The song’s essentially about a guy and this girl (we perceive to be a drinking buddy that had some sort of attraction between them) that has cancer. Slowly, through the song, it gets sadder, and the cancer gets worse. She could talk at one point, she couldn’t as it went on. At the end, the lines go as followed:
“I've buried her a thousand times
Giving up my place in line
But I don't give a damn about that now
There's one thing that's real clear to me:
No one dies with dignity
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow”
While I didn’t have to endure someone like that dying of cancer, I’ve had numerous people in my family, and that I know, die of cancer. Particularly the “no one dies in dignity” hit me really hard, thinking of those who have passed. This song is really sad, really, really sad. It’s probably the crowning jewel of of Isbell’s career so far.
The other is more personal for me. The song, “Cleveland County Blues,” by John Moreland, hit me particularly hard in a very bad state I was going through in my life. I had been in a relationship with someone who really treated me terribly. But, I stayed with her for awhile, until she ended it in a way so terrible that I won’t state. I found this song after we broke up. What I will state about the relationship and breakup is this: this song summed up my relationship with that girl. The lyrics (along with Genuis.com’s analysis of the lyrics) was me. It was exactly me. And in a sense, it helped, but then brought up even more questions. Honestly, I can’t put a single line for this song. I have to put the entire song for it. For those curious, here’s a link to Genius’s lyrics with the analysis of them. It puts things into perspective better. John Moreland – Cleveland County Blues Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
So what about y’all? Let’s hear!