Song of The Day #2

Hey, guess what. The song of the day is “The Trapeze Swinger” by Iron & Wine off Sam Beam’s new album entitled “Around the Well.” Where did I hear of that before? Scroll down and read the entire album review when you get the chance but for now let’s cover the best song on the two disc album. What makes “The Trapeze Swinger,” so good is its combination of everything great in a song. What you have here is a catchy chord progression, a fantastic background track of heavenly like sounds, and Beam’s pleading voice and lyric. “Please remember me, happily by the rosebush laughing.” At close listen one can understand what Beam is portraying in his song. It seems as if it is a man’s final plea for his love to remember him as “the trapeze act” of his life is ending. A trapeze act that contains such contradictions as angels kissing sinners, god and Lucifer as a boy and a girl, and the perfectly crafted line, “Who the hell can see forever,” playing on both hell and heaven as the song comes to a close. Who knows where anyone goes after death but Beam’s simple plea remains among the instruments that gather and mix to end the song as one attempts to figure out what just hit them. There is not much more that can be said except I will provide a link to listen below and please for the sake of The Music Court go take a listen and see for yourself.   

Check out the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVzi_y6XWI