I generally gravitate to the music first before the lyrics. But as a writer, I still marvel at well-spun verses and choruses. This month, I’m joining the music Twitter community in #31DaySongLyricChallenge

Day 20

I ignored the early recommendations from other music fans that I should check out My Morning Jacket. A grave mistake given how deep their catalog is and how spectacular Jim James’ songwriting abilities are. I was turned off by the band name. But once I dove in, I was all in. One of my favorite songs from the band came from the original Waterfall recordings in 2015. The song was rediscovered during the pandemic and released as part of Waterfall II. The guitar work is certainly a highlight, but the lyrics are the heart of the song. The words in “Feel You” almost doesn’t quite make sense because often love doesn’t quite make sense either.

“Are we under covers raining blood? REM covers, reign in blood. And all I want to do is feel you.”