When you boil it down, there are two characteristics that make a song exceptional. There are the songs that feel like they were written for you, that capture your mood or emotion. Then there are songs that lift you out of some preexisting condition and usher you into a new kind of mood or emotion. “Head On” is the latter. When I’ve felt awful, hopeless or uninspired, “Head On” gave me a firm kick in the ass and put me into a totally different mindset. Songs can do that.

“And there's something going on inside. Makes you want to feel, makes you want to try. Makes you want to blow the stars from the sky. I can't stand up, I can't cool down. I can't get my head off the ground.”