israel nash, “rain plans”
from: rain plans, 2013
“I got rain plans
Written in these storms
When I throw it
Tell me where to go
Hold on, there’s a woman in my bed
And I want her to stay here
Hold on, there’s a woman in my head
And I want her to stay there
I got rain plans
Tell us where we’ve been
I got new hands
To pawn us west again
Hold on, there’s a woman in my bed
And I want her to stay here
Hold on, there’s a woman in my head
And I want her to stay there”
Here’s an example of a song whose lyrical contents seem far outperformed by its instrumentation. The lyrics seem a bit banal, but the sound is transcendent even reaching plaintive euphoria. This phenomenon happens in more work than you might think where promising intros end up going nowhere.
Cover for Mr. Nash’s 2015 lp Silver Season