Thisbrettac1 wrote:
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Thisbrettac1 wrote:
I’m just curious how you read John Prine into that? I didn’t know it was about JTE on first listen, but it was pretty clearly a young guy whoZip City wrote:Do we know who When We Were Close is about? John Prine? Someone else?
If it’s been said I missed it
Edit: Apparently its about JTE
This.Clams wrote:
IMO it’s from the POV of Cooley directed to Jason circa 2008.beantownbubba wrote:PS Most intriguing lyrics: "Vestavia Hills". "The boy genius is grown now..."
Yeah, it would absolutely fit with DBT thematicallySterling Bigmouth wrote:Interestingly enough, in interviews he’s been referring to King of Oklahoma and a few other tracks as the “Old Assignment”, or songs he feels would’ve fit on the DBT albums he was part of.
“You can’t hang yourself if you ain’t got enough rope” is the most devastating line I’ve ever heard.