your favorite mmj lyric?

[evilurges86]

"the fact that my heart's beatin' is all the proof you need"
Not to get all cheese-whiz on y'all, but this lyric has helped me through some tough times. I've been through health problems, had my heart broken, had to start over again and again... this lyric serves to remind me that no matter what happens, I'm going to be okay.

also of note:

"For all your days I wish you blindness from all the evil in the world"

"It's not the way that he sings, not the words that he says, or the band. I'm in love with his soul; It's a meaning that I understand"

"Always startin' over, but somehow I always know where to begin."

"Somewhere someone thinks of me, I just wish it was somewhere I could find."

Megalicious, you just made me tear up.... but in a good way. MMJ fans are the best, we are so passionate.

[smhoffmann02]

I know it's been said time and again, but every lyric in "Where To Begin: is pure perfection.

I personally find that virtually every MMJ song is understated (lyric wise), yet contains such powerful meaning. 

My mind is blown to bits over and over again and do I ever love it...  :D

[YungYave]

Good to see this up again, I agree with the "Where To Begin" comment above. I also think the lyrics to "If All Else Fails" are especially good.

[DemonEyes86]

Got 3 big ones.

The fact that my heart's beating, is all the proof you need. (Gorgeous encapsulation of being happy in life and living in the moment.)

Sure he was a good kid, but his phone did never ring. He got tired of walking a tightrope and needing too much to drink.  (Just about the most tragic lyrics ever. Had days like this where you feel insanely lonely.)

Listen! Most of us think this is wrong. (Wake up world, most of the citizens of the US are kind, decent people who did not want the war in Iraq to take place. War sucks. Line kinda ties in with North American Scum by LCD, except a little more political as opposed to social commentary of NAS.)

[StaggerLee]

"Criminals who never break the law"

[he.who.forgets]

Just read through this whole thread...great stuff here.  I cant beleive no one's mentioned it though. I'll have to give a nod to the entire song of Honest Man...I just love it
Try to walk this earth an honest man,
but evil waves at me it's ugly hand.
The radar watches me from above, shouting down:
I hope you make it on this earth.
Sometimes this world will leave you, lord,
kickin & a screamin, wonderin if you'll see the next day through.
But as for me I do believe that good luck comes from tryin,
so until I get mine, I'll work me the whole day through.


I also love the last line of Golden:
"You'll be right here forever,
We'll go through this thing together.
And on heaven's golden shore we'll lay our heads"

Such sweet, sweet words...the epitome of eternal love.

[manonthemoon]

things i could say to myself
i could never say to anyone else
what madonna said really helped
she said boy, you better learn
to express
yourseeeeelllfffff

So many good ones and my favorite probably is that, but also love.

"Criminals who never break the law"

Oh shit run, oh

Put in more than you could ever get out
I'm tired of the talking, I know what you're about

Is there a doctor in the house tonight?
If there's a wrong, he could make it right
Is there still a lock on your back door?
Is there still a lock on your back door?
Tell me I'm wrong
Tell me I'm right
Tell me there's nobody else in the world


There's still time for you to change your mind
Or whatever else you do, there's still time, oh oh

[e_wind]

single best phrase "dont rock bottom, just listen just slow down"

[kydiddle]

I know it's been said time and again, but every lyric in "Where To Begin: is pure perfection.

I personally find that virtually every MMJ song is understated (lyric wise), yet contains such powerful meaning. 

My mind is blown to bits over and over again and do I ever love it...  :D

Yeah I hope we meet up at a Jacket show someday because I like you already! Where To Begin is the song for me. If it comes up on my shuffle, it takes about 6 or 7 plays before I can move on...

Some lyrics blow me away more than others. Lately I've been soaking up Rollin' Back as a sort of melancholy anthem for love and life and it reminds me of certain people who have drifted into my life and back out too quickly.

when I think about the story one thing seems pretty clear
the warm things you left behind they still want you here

And these lines deliver in so many ways

oh i'll never say I knew you
but my heart cant wait
to meet you no the other side.

[lil sis]

This answer seems to change for me every now and then.  Current obsessions:

there's still time for you
to change your mind or whatever else you do
there's still time.

the fact that my heart's beating
is all the proof you need

don't let your silly dreams fall in between
the crack of the bed and the wall

oh i'll never say I knew you
but my heart cant wait
to meet you no the other side

[smhoffmann02]

I know it's been said time and again, but every lyric in "Where To Begin: is pure perfection.

I personally find that virtually every MMJ song is understated (lyric wise), yet contains such powerful meaning. 

My mind is blown to bits over and over again and do I ever love it...  :D

Yeah I hope we meet up at a Jacket show someday because I like you already! Where To Begin is the song for me. If it comes up on my shuffle, it takes about 6 or 7 plays before I can move on...

Some lyrics blow me away more than others. Lately I've been soaking up Rollin' Back as a sort of melancholy anthem for love and life and it reminds me of certain people who have drifted into my life and back out too quickly.

when I think about the story one thing seems pretty clear
the warm things you left behind they still want you here

And these lines deliver in so many ways

oh i'll never say I knew you
but my heart cant wait
to meet you no the other side.

Ditto, kydiddle! 

Though, I find that to be the case with several songs.   My latest obsessions is the oldie but goodie is The Bear AND the recent Moving Away.  I just can't seem to get enough of them. 

Then, there's always Steam Engine, Don Donte, Look at You, I Will Sing You Songs, It Beats For You, Phone Went West, Evelyn, so on and so forth.  It's a constant rotation of finding new and exciting meaning and musical intricacies in each song and falling in love with them all over again.

Oh yeah, I got the Jacket Fever.  Love it!

[e_wind]

I'm bored, here's my expansion:

"don't rock bottom, just listen, just slow down" - mageetah
"your brain melts in the twilight" - steam engine
"the feeling taking over, like a holy roller coaster to the grave" - where to begin
"It wasn't till I woke up... That I could hold down a joke or a job or a dream. But then all three are one in the same" - one in the same
"why does my mind blow to bits every time they play that song" - the way that he sings
"my heart can't wait to meet ya on the other side" - Rollin back
"all that ever mattered will some day turn back to batter like a joke" dondante
"she said boy you better learn to express yourself" - anytime
"you can't get yours if ya ain't getting his" and "how you react is what you get back" - you wanna freak out (both remind me of every girl I've ever dated - clingy)
"I was born in east Ky, home of where the grass is died" - I will be there when you die

[Fully]

I Will Be There When You Die: the title alone caught my eye way back when my father was first diagnosed with a very rare and incurable form of small intestinal cancer. It just spoke to me in a way that suggested loyalty and faithfullness. It was the one promise I made to my dad who had been dead for over six years now. I don't listen to the song very often because even now it is just too hard to listen to. But that was the one thing I was proud of, my dad wasn't alone at his last moment. I was there when he died. That is probably one of the most profound lyrics in any song I've ever heard because really what else is there? What else can you do for the one you love but be there at their scariest, most painful moment as they pass away from this world.

[smhoffmann02]

I Will Be There When You Die: the title alone caught my eye way back when my father was first diagnosed with a very rare and incurable form of small intestinal cancer. It just spoke to me in a way that suggested loyalty and faithfullness. It was the one promise I made to my dad who had been dead for over six years now. I don't listen to the song very often because even now it is just too hard to listen to. But that was the one thing I was proud of, my dad wasn't alone at his last moment. I was there when he died. That is probably one of the most profound lyrics in any song I've ever heard because really what else is there? What else can you do for the one you love but be there at their scariest, most painful moment as they pass away from this world.

Fully, I share your sentiments.  Though the song came out after my Dad passed from colon cancer, it rings so true today.  My Dad passed surrounded by his children and though he had struggled with his ultimate fate (the body giving out, not the mind), he was finally at peace when life left his body because we were with him and he realized we would be ok.  I am so grateful to have been there and I can't thank MMJ enough for the song.  It has so much meaning to me.  Somehow, I seem to embrace the pain because it means he is still so close to me.  Does that make sense?  Hugs to you!

[Jon T.]

I Will Be There When You Die: the title alone caught my eye way back when my father was first diagnosed with a very rare and incurable form of small intestinal cancer. It just spoke to me in a way that suggested loyalty and faithfullness. It was the one promise I made to my dad who had been dead for over six years now. I don't listen to the song very often because even now it is just too hard to listen to. But that was the one thing I was proud of, my dad wasn't alone at his last moment. I was there when he died. That is probably one of the most profound lyrics in any song I've ever heard because really what else is there? What else can you do for the one you love but be there at their scariest, most painful moment as they pass away from this world.

Fully, I share your sentiments.  Though the song came out after my Dad passed from colon cancer, it rings so true today.  My Dad passed surrounded by his children and though he had struggled with his ultimate fate (the body giving out, not the mind), he was finally at peace when life left his body because we were with him and he realized we would be ok.  I am so grateful to have been there and I can't thank MMJ enough for the song.  It has so much meaning to me.  Somehow, I seem to embrace the pain because it means he is still so close to me.  Does that make sense?  Hugs to you!

Pretty touching couple of posts.  Thanks for sharing.  :)

[Penny Lane]

thanks for sharing....

I will be there when you die is the first MMJ song I heard. I remember sitting at my computer, not even sure how I found out it but my friend Cube kept telling me that I should listen to them. I kept playing it OVER and OVER and turning it up, thinking is this the loudest this gets? I was hooked. Completely. So raw..

[headhunter]

i was away with my folks on a cruise last wk (they took all the kids to help celebrate their 50th anniversary).  I was relaxing on a lounge w my headphones on listening to some acoustic mmj and my dad taps me and says he would like to hear some mmj since i'm always rushing off to see them.
played him wonderful, IWBTWYD, Golden and Hopefully figuring he would like the mellow stuff.  He loved it, especially Wonderful and I Will Be There ...
My dad's best friend of 55 yrs has been very sick and just passed away yesterday.  We have the funeral tomorrow.  My mom and dad were in the hospital with him and his wife yesterday when he passed.
My dad will be eulogizing his friend tomorrow and when we spoke last night, he mentioned the song to me.
That song get's me every time.

[Fully]

  Somehow, I seem to embrace the pain because it means he is still so close to me.  Does that make sense?  Hugs to you!

I understand exactly what you mean by that statement. I really don't want to let the pain go because it is the one thing I have left that proves my love for him. I don't sit around crying over him, but I never stop missing him. It is rare day that I don't think about him, and I'm sad that my girls don't get to have their grandfather (the best of all of their grandparents) in their life. They were too young when he died to really remember him. The other thing about that song is that it is just so beautiful to listen to. It doesn't really seem like it was written about losing someone. It seems more like it was written as a statement of long lasting love to a companion; however, it works perfectly as a song about grief.

[evilurges86]

"Lay low if the feel is right, I got all that I want here in you tonite "

[hohomanofsteel]

The way Jim sings this line kills me, but in a beautiful way.

"That I could hold down a joke or a job or a dream
But then all three are one in the same"
-One in the Same

And, of course, the poignantly simple, aching chorus of the song that first got me into My Morning Jacket...
"Tell me I'm wrong, tell me I'm right.
Tell me there's nobody else in the world."
-Phone Went West