First off - I FUCKING LOVE this song. I love the acoustic guitar and the little slide parts too. I miss Jason Isbell in Drive-By Truckers but I think he's really done a fantastic job on his own and with the 400 Unit.
To me this song is not just a love song but it also is one of those love songs that delivers a message of "we need to sort this out" or "can't you see we're supposed to be together?"
The singer describes himself as someone who's constantly dodging falling in love because he doesn't trust anyone, but then this woman comes into his life and she changes everything. He no longer wishes to live the careless, reckless life he was leading before and vows to set himself straight for this woman.
(And the old lover's sing
“I thought it'd be me who helped him get home”
But home was a dream
One I'd never seen till you came along)
His former lovers are nothing in comparison to this woman and therefore he doesn't want either of them to change or go anywhere until he can make her realize that she's all he wants. He's willing to do whatever it takes to make things right.
"Cover me up and know you're enough
To use me for good"
The first time I heard this song I was staying out of town to be in a friend's wedding. The girl I love hadn't been talking to me for quite some time and had pretty much disappeared from my life. I had a lot on my mind during that weekend between having to prepare a speech for the wedding and still trying to break through to her. I heard this song and included it on a playlist to share with her. I don't know if this particular song struck the same chord with her as it did with me but I can say that we started talking again. Sometimes you just have to lay it all out there and that's what Jason Isbell is doing in this song. Such a fantastic tune.
First off - I FUCKING LOVE this song. I love the acoustic guitar and the little slide parts too. I miss Jason Isbell in Drive-By Truckers but I think he's really done a fantastic job on his own and with the 400 Unit.
To me this song is not just a love song but it also is one of those love songs that delivers a message of "we need to sort this out" or "can't you see we're supposed to be together?" The singer describes himself as someone who's constantly dodging falling in love because he doesn't trust anyone, but then this woman comes into his life and she changes everything. He no longer wishes to live the careless, reckless life he was leading before and vows to set himself straight for this woman. (And the old lover's sing “I thought it'd be me who helped him get home” But home was a dream One I'd never seen till you came along) His former lovers are nothing in comparison to this woman and therefore he doesn't want either of them to change or go anywhere until he can make her realize that she's all he wants. He's willing to do whatever it takes to make things right. "Cover me up and know you're enough To use me for good"
The first time I heard this song I was staying out of town to be in a friend's wedding. The girl I love hadn't been talking to me for quite some time and had pretty much disappeared from my life. I had a lot on my mind during that weekend between having to prepare a speech for the wedding and still trying to break through to her. I heard this song and included it on a playlist to share with her. I don't know if this particular song struck the same chord with her as it did with me but I can say that we started talking again. Sometimes you just have to lay it all out there and that's what Jason Isbell is doing in this song. Such a fantastic tune.