Dondante
1 2021-04-28T08:34:51-04:00 Emily Mitchell ff4ea107307f7ae7326072957b361b722e43ffd1 73 1 Provided to YouTube by ATO Records Dondante · My Morning Jacket Z ℗ 2005 ATO Records, LLC Released on: 2005-10-04 Main Artist: My Morning Jacket ... plain 2021-04-28T08:34:51-04:00 2014-12-06T13:01:43Z YouTube My Morning Jacket - Topic rIB5_g4WPio Emily Mitchell ff4ea107307f7ae7326072957b361b722e43ffd1This page is referenced by:
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"Dondante" by My Morning Jacket, contributed by David González (2021)
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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 youTo the one I now know most
I will tell them of your ghost like a thing that never, ever wasAnd 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 thingIn 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 knewJust how sweet it could be
If you'd never left these streetsYou 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