Come On, Get Higher

I have yet to purchase Some Mad Hope, the newest release from Matt Nathanson. However, I shall rectify that shortly. And a full review will no doubt follow.

I was introduced to Matt's music by a good online friend and fellow JM fangirl. (Thanks, Jen!). The thing I love about Matt is that his words are lyrical, poetic and honest. He has beautiful imagery, but in listening to the words, I don't feel mired in highfalutin metaphor.

Easily the best cut I've heard from the album (and I can't evaluate it in total because I haven't heard it all the way through, as a complete piece of work) is Come On, Get Higher. Matt has stated that Some Mad Hope follows the arc of a relationship, and this song is the epitome of what makes love complicated. He sings of missing the feel of a lover in bed, missing the words they say (sweet, perfect, violent), needing them back at whatever cost, knowing it's an unlikely situation, hoping for a miracle. Some mad hope indeed, is what keeps us coming back for more from our lovers and partners.

I miss the sound of your voice, I miss the rush of your skin
I miss the still of the silence, as you breathe out and I breathe in

If I could walk on water, if i could tell you what's next
Make you believe, make you forget

Come on get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love

I miss the sound of your voice, the loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember all the violent, sweet, perfect words that you said

If I could walk on water, if I could tell you what's next
Make you believe, make you forget

Come on get higher,loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love

I feel the pull of your heart
I taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils and God when you come on hold on...

Sing sha la la la...

Come on get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me
Drown me in love

It's all wrong, its so right

Come on get higher, come on and get higher
Because everything works love
Because everything works in your arms

"Come On, Get Higher" has been on repeat ad nauseum in my earbuds for the last few days, and it is not only a beautiful piece of music, it is a fantastic expression of love and hope and sex and dreams.

Speaking of which, the BoDeans have a new album out, and that will require investigating...