"YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOSE YOUR MIND" THE BARR BROTHERS (2017)

I generally gravitate to the music first before the lyrics. But as a writer, I still marvel at well-spun verses and choruses. This month, I’m joining the music Twitter community in #SeptSongLyricChallenge

Day 21

The night I saw The Barr Brothers at Williamsburg Music Hall in 2017, I felt like my entire being was floating up into the night sky. There’s a buoyancy in the band’s songs that I find no use in resisting. I just let the songs take me wherever they will. The Queens of the Breakers album uses every element in its arsenal to achieve this outcome. The reverb-soaked vocals. The calculating bass lines. The hypnotic harp work. And the words, they do wonders for your soul if you have a few minutes to spare.

“Loosen up and lose your mind. You never know what you could find on the other side. A hundred thousand butterflies floating in the orange skies above my head.”