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• 1 2021-04-28T08:36:06-04:00 "Dondante" by My Morning Jacket, contributed by David González (2021) 2 plain 2021-04-28T08:38:41-04:00

  Released in 2005, “Dondante” by My Morning Jacket is a painfully energetic song, written as an expression of grief. Vocalist/guitarist Jim James composed the piece in light of his close friend Aaron Todovich’s suicide years prior, attempting to capture the complex difficulty of foresight after the loss of a dear friend. The closing, however, reveals the singer’s acceptance that pain can be a passing phenomenon, though one that initially seems gripped onto permanence.

  I highly encourage listening to this song with headphones and closed eyes, letting yourself experience the eruption and placation of a spiritual hurricane. And if you don’t like rock, I hope you give this a shot.
  
  Lyrics
  In a dream, I saw you walkin'
  Like a kid alive and talkin', that was you
  In the classroom, you were teachin'
  On the streets you were policin' that was you

  To the one I now know most
  I will tell them of your ghost like a thing that never, ever was

  And all that ever mattered
  Will some day turn back to batter like a joke
  Behind thin walls, you hid your feelings
  Takes four legs to make a ceilin' like a thing

  In a dream I saw you walkin'
  With your friends alive and talkin', that was you
  Well I saw it in your movements
  And even though you never knew it, well I knew

  Just how sweet it could be
  If you'd never left these streets

  You had me worried, so worried that this would last
  You had me worried, so worried that this would last
  But now I'm learning, learning that this will pass
  But now I'm learning, learning that this will pass