• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Jeff Tweedy is, I think, the greatest American lyricist of his generation. His stuff always hits. But for some reason, Wilco- She’s a Jar and it’s chorus, has always stuck with me.

    "Just climb aboard

    The tracks of a trains arm

    In my fragile family tree

    And watch me floating inches above

    The people under me"

    Another one from Jeff’s (I’ve seen him in concert 5 times already, I can call him Jeff) solo Album, Jeff Tweedy- I know what it’s like

    "When the lights are dim

    In my window I have a twin

    I’m always looking out

    And he’s always looking in

    I know what it’s like

    Starting over again"

    And then, finally, from one of the greatest flows in the rap game, MF DOOM- Figaro, and this weird ass lyric that has lived rent-free in my head since I heard it

    "Off pride tykes talk wide through scar meat

    Off sides like how Worf rides with Starfleet"