@Murphyslaw You can find the singer's meaning of the song here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-takes-down-zealots-in-blistering-online-post-69275/
I think he may to some degree be speaking about women in general. The album was written after the birth of his son, some of the songs deal with the birth then some of them deal with his own life, I believe this one relates back to his own life to some degree. Momma thinks mercies overrated. Sounds like to me that maybe his mom or some other woman didn't see things his way at one point and gave him hard love--which may have been...
@Murphyslaw You can find the singer's meaning of the song here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-takes-down-zealots-in-blistering-online-post-69275/
I think he may to some degree be speaking about women in general. The album was written after the birth of his son, some of the songs deal with the birth then some of them deal with his own life, I believe this one relates back to his own life to some degree. Momma thinks mercies overrated. Sounds like to me that maybe his mom or some other woman didn't see things his way at one point and gave him hard love--which may have been influenced by her religious background. I think he's really looking at what living the dream is about. "Starring at a puddle of mud" is heroin obviously and the fact he's doing it is because he has not much better to do. Give a man something better to do that's real and maybe he won't be starring a puddle of mud. I think the singer found that performing music is better than most choices in life.
Momma's gonna wash it all away And she thinks mercy's overrated
I'm guessing "Momma" is Mother Nature?
@Murphyslaw You can find the singer's meaning of the song here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-takes-down-zealots-in-blistering-online-post-69275/ I think he may to some degree be speaking about women in general. The album was written after the birth of his son, some of the songs deal with the birth then some of them deal with his own life, I believe this one relates back to his own life to some degree. Momma thinks mercies overrated. Sounds like to me that maybe his mom or some other woman didn't see things his way at one point and gave him hard love--which may have been...
@Murphyslaw You can find the singer's meaning of the song here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-takes-down-zealots-in-blistering-online-post-69275/ I think he may to some degree be speaking about women in general. The album was written after the birth of his son, some of the songs deal with the birth then some of them deal with his own life, I believe this one relates back to his own life to some degree. Momma thinks mercies overrated. Sounds like to me that maybe his mom or some other woman didn't see things his way at one point and gave him hard love--which may have been influenced by her religious background. I think he's really looking at what living the dream is about. "Starring at a puddle of mud" is heroin obviously and the fact he's doing it is because he has not much better to do. Give a man something better to do that's real and maybe he won't be starring a puddle of mud. I think the singer found that performing music is better than most choices in life.