by oat milk » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:33 pm
it's my favourite song of his songwriting/lyrics wise. alex is genuinely such a good writer and i think that powerful man exemplifies this the most. the narrator is a naive and innocent child, which is a perfect vessel for the song's message. the warm guitar chords, reminiscent of classic country music, illustrate the setting and mood clearly, and the eerie fiddle is representative of the song's slow decline into morbidity while still being utterly American. in this essay i will