So, I'm 100% in love. Really I am. I am in love with Andrew McMahon. For those of you who live under a rock and don't know who he is, I will explain. Andrew McMahon is the writer/lead singer/pianist for the band Jack's Mannequin. He is about to put out a new cd "The Glass Passenger" September 30th. I got my hands on the leak of the entire cd, and fell in love with him all over again. He is the most poetic and beautiful songwriter. His lyrics are simple, but they speak beyond the words. And he does good, too. He was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2005, and started the Dear Jack foundation the next year to help fund cancer research. He is now in remission after he got a stem cell transplant from his sister, Katie, in August of 05. He is just amazing. Genuinely an amazing person. He has overcome so much, and done so much too. How could you not love him? Here's the lyrics to a new song called Lullaby. It's wonderful. I cried when I first listened to it. You can just read it and imagine how good it is with music.
These hammers and strings
Been following me around
From a box filled garage
To the dark punk rock clubs
Of 1000 American crowds
And my friend calls me up
She says, "how have you been?"
I say, "dear I've been well,
Yeah the money's coming
But I miss you like hell.
I still hear you in this
Old piano, oh yeah."
She says, "Andy, I know
That we don't talk as much
But I still hear your ghost
In these old punk rock clubs
Come on, write me a song
Give me something to trust
Just promise you won't let it be
The keys that you touch.
"Give me something to believe in,
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night,
I've got nowhere to hide
So I write you a lullaby
A lullaby
These hammers and strings
Been following me around
Behind passenger vans
Through the snow, dirt, and sands
Of 1000 American towns
And my friend calls me up
With her heart heavy still
She says, "Andy, the doctors
Prescribed me the pills.
But I know I'm not crazy.
I just lost my will.
So why am I, why am I
Taking them still?"
I need something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night,
I've got nowhere to hide
To the sleepless, this is my reply:
I will write you a lullaby
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Did you really cry the first time you heard that!?! Ha. And the best song on that new record is easily Crashin. I can't figure out why it's not more popular.
Sadly those other bands you listed I don't listen to. I've Hush Sound is good but I've heard it so much that I'm turned off by it and won't listen.
And where do you live that's thirty minutes away? Bolivar or something crazy? If you have AIM, you can write me. I'm drudo182
I will try and get into The Hush Sound then... But I'm not sure when that trying will happen.
I got into Andrew because of Jack's Mannequin so I'm not a huge SoCo fan but I appreciate it. I am trying to get into all they have done.
And I've never been to your home before but I believe I've heard of it before... Who knows. I usually stick to Springfield, which is quite sad. You'll have to write me on AIM sometimeee.
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