{Tuesday Tunes} Let The Records Play

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Playlist: The Art of Procrastination
Song: Let The Records Play
Artist: Pearl Jam
Album: Lightning Bolt [2013]

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When the Kingdom comes
He puts his records on
And with his blistered thumb hits play
And with the volume up he goes and fills his cup

And lets the drummer's drum take away the pain, the pain
Breaking, Forsaken...

What's that you're taking?
Aaw, needing the feeling
He lets the records play
Should the future dim
A cigarette lights hymn

Vaporized a green light grin
And when the shot glass talks
He knows to listen up

Until he's nice and numb again
Shakened, Awakened
Not one for faking

Kneeling, his healing
He lets the records play

There's wisdom in his ways
I been down and I fell so hard and far from grace

I been hurt and I still recall the flaws on her face
I been off, but I'm on, up above my feet, my feet again

(guitar solo)

Shaken, Forsaken
What's that you're taking?
Aaw, needing the feeling
He lets the records play
Shakened, Awakened
Not one for faking

Kneeling, his healing
He lets the records play
Oh, there's wisdom in his ways
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First off, this song is from a playlist of mine that I have specifically for new music that I want to listen to more thoroughly before moving it to my other playlists.  Sometimes I hear about a new album from a band I like and don't have the time to really listen to it, so that's where this playlist comes in, as a sort of temporary holding place.

Anyway.. the song... I really like the uplifting beat of this.  It's one of those songs that inspires me to wanna just get up and dance and forget about the rest of the worries of the world.  Or the fact that I can't even dance at all. 😂  I've always loved Eddie Vedder's voice also, I have yet to find a Pearl Jam song that I don't enjoy, even if it's just simply listening to his vocals.  He's got that unique sound that I love.

What I get from the song is that it's about a person who's depressed about something in his life, but when he hears the music, the cause of his pain is taken away and it awakens a different, happier side of him.  Pretty much the power of music in its ability to heal in a way that nothing else can.  Which I can completely relate to, since music has done the same thing for me in the past (and sometimes the present... I mean, there is a reason I have a playlist called Shinedown Therapy), when dealing with a traumatic experience.

I will definitely be moving this song to one of my permanent playlists! 😊🎶