Pretty obsessed with this one off “Handwritten.” Nice contrast in the early guitar parts, then some really resounding but subtle delay, just the way it should be used. There’s something circular, almost merry-go-round about it, maybe it’s in the way he manipulates the vocal line on the chorus. There’s only so much build until the end, it is steady.
“Stay the same, don’t ever change,
Cause I’d miss your ways.
With your Bette Davis eyes,
And your mama’s party dress.
While this city pumps its aching heart
For one more drop of blood,
We work our fingers down to dust
And we wait for kingdom come
With the radio on.
I wanna see you tonight
Would you come for a drive?
You can lean into me
If you ain’t been in love for a while.
I was born beside a river
That flows to a raging sea
That will one day serve to quell,
Or one day be the death of me.
In my faded jeans and far away eyes,
And salty carnival kiss,
That all my former lovers say
Was once magnificent.
I wanna see you tonight,
Would you come for a drive?
You can lean into me
And if you ain’t, oh if you ain’t…
I wanna see you tonight,
Would you come for a drive?
You can lean into me
If you ain’t been in love for a while
And still this city pumps its aching heart
For one more drop of blood.
We work our fingers down to dust
While we wait for kingdom come
With the radio on…
It’s been so long Mae, so long
It’s been so long Mae, so long
But since the radio’s on…”
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