| Drive-By Truckers – The Opening Act Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I honestly can't believe I'm the first one to comment on this song. I think it's by far the best from "Brighter than Creation's Dark" and likely the best song Patterson Hood's ever written. For me, this song is about realizing how inconsequential one's own life is and how the events we experience while here on earth are just fleeting moments in something beyond ourselves. The way the music builds in this song, as well as the interplay of meanings within the lyrics are simply brilliant. My favorite part is the very end, from "I turned up the radio..." The narrator knows that his life is meaningless but he still takes a "half full" outlook. Never thought I'd see the day when existentialism and southern rock merge but this song does it. Listen - several dozen times if you haven't already - and LOUD. | |
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