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See Here, I Have Built You a Mansion, 2020
Written by Josh Ritter
I love this side of Josh Ritter: alive, bright, rejuvenated and rocking. It's an uptempo love song, and Ritter sings it with giddiness and exuberance, bounding through the melody with that nervous energy you get when you just can’t wait to be with someone. It's written from the point of view someone who may have made bad decisions but believes himself redeemed by love ("I used to be bad, people used to get hurt / So bad that better would've still've been the worst / But you took me to the garden, girl you took me to the light"). I love that "would've still've," a great example of Ritter's ability to write demotic speech as well as ornate poetry. Backed by a solid band, featuring a hard-driving percussion over piano and guitar lines, he conveys youthful energy. Ritter has written deeper songs, sadder songs, and cleverer songs, but few capture the sheer exhilaration of being in love.
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