I was exploring the hold steady’s back catalog when I came up on this gem of a song. I’m a huge fan of Craig Finn’s writing. I’d go as far as to say hes one of the 10 best lyricists writing music today. Stripped away of all the loud anthem rock of the hold steady, his voice is something else. Theres a painful/beautiful quality to it that I’m just totally in love with. Couple that with some amazingly sad/beautiful lyrics, and you have one hell of a song.
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