Ohio Lyrics
An absolutely wonderful song. Sentimental, beautiful, longing, melancholic, sad, but still happy. Wonderful.
I grew up in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and moved to Chicago when I was in my 20s. I found I had to move back home to Ohio to help with some family issues at the same time I first heard this song. At that point, Jurado was already my very favorite, but it's things like this that cement my love of his music/lyrics.
i don't know why but every time i hear this song i just want to wrap myself in a big soft blanket and cry. it's so very powerful, the sadness in his voice and the lyrics, it's such a genuine heart-breaking song
I wrote Damien Jurado about this song once, expressing my adoration for it. He informed me that it is 100% fiction, inspired by a girl he knows in Ohio, but not about her.
As for it's meaning, seems pretty straightforward, a song about homesickness and longing. The girl longs for her home, and the singer longs for her. In a story of simple images it conveys a plaintive sadness of distance.
i think this is jurado's most beautiful, sad song. my favorite. close second is abilene.
I've only heard the CocoRosie cover in a believer magazine compilation, pretty good from what I've heard. Gorgeous lyrics.
sais- I completely agree- I'm from Ohio as well and have heard no song that even compares.
this song makes me love my state in a way i didn't think was possible
being from the buckeye state, this song naturally pulls on my heart-strings by default. recently, it especially hits home. i have a twin sister that moved to england a few years ago and whenever i hear it, it reminds me of how much she struggled during the first year she was there and how much she really does "belong to her mother and the state of ohio". it conveys so much emotion and incredible longing.
the version of this on the "daytrotter sessons" is just absolutely haunting.
i think i started my day to this song for three months straight, love love it. cocorosie's wasnt so bad, just gave a little hint of their sweet trademark freak:)