This Is How It Always Starts

Grandaddy

This is how it always starts
All order falls apart
Okay, so who put this key in the mix?

Things were stable yesterday
But now they're blown away
Oh shit, I can't let them see me like this

Nothing sweet
Nothing nice
Nothing kiss, only fights

Nothing clear
Nothing bright
Nothing I'll feel tonight

Nothing great
Nothing good
Nothing is as it should

Nothing rad
Nothing right
Nothing I'll feel tonight

This is how it always starts
Dumb choices from the heart
Oh shit, I can't let them see me like this

Nothing sweet
Nothing nice
Nothing kiss, only fights

Nothing clear
Nothing bright
Nothing I'll feel tonight

Nothing great
Nothing good
Nothing is as it should

Nothing rad
Nothing right
Nothing I'll feel tonight


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    doesn't jason speak to just about every second in a person's life? one song or another, it ends up being such a personal listening experience, but if you want to, you can distance yourself and just proclaim him a bit of a whiner, (which i do, when i can't handle how spot-on he is with his insights). simlplicity wrapped around soundscapes and sometimes bangin guitar hooks....but then again the lyrics are just so clever in how sneaky they are....i'm not gonna write a thesis, but 6 years ago my fiance turned me on to grandaddy via 'now it's on' which i immediatley loved, esp the video, but it's only now that i'm becoming a humble scholar of jeez it's jason and friends. right now, he's my go-to when i feel despair creeping in. but then again, i am one the emotive members of this ride.......

    i hope jason is happy in montana right now with the snow and trees and maybe a fireplace (surely a fireplace, right?)

    maybe a fambly cat.....and a dog..... i hope he doesnt' hunt.......

    i hope he stays alive is all. really. no bad juju like sparklehorse. his passing was devastating beyond words.

    so peace out, y'all and happy holidays cuz here they come....and this is always how it starts.......

    besos eyzovblu

    eyzovbluon November 14, 2012   Link

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