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Strand Of Oaks – JM Lyrics 11 years ago
Showalter has admitted that this song is about Jason Molina ("JM"), i.e. Songs: Ohia / Magnolia Electric Company. The opening guitar riff makes this hugely apparent: just listen to anything off of Songs: Ohia's "The Lioness" and you'll hear the exact same chord progression.

Molina's earlier music was filled with fire; his later with a more softened bleakness. Since his death in 2013 it's "hard to hear you sing." "The crow has lost its wings" is probably a reference to Molina's "The Black Crow":

Through sparrow black wind
A dead crow calls out to his wing
We were lightning across the whole world
We were lightning
We were lightning
We were lightning

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