{"id":632,"date":"2020-09-24T17:39:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T17:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2020-09-24T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T18:38:18","slug":"saint-jude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=632","title":{"rendered":"Saint Jude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-embed-aspect-16-9\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Saint Jude\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zDNIzRblmmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Saint Jude&#8221; represents a songwriting moment of clarity. Those come along now and then. \u201cBound to Be.\u201d \u201cBeautiful Land.\u201d \u201cIn My Head.\u201d \u201cEnd of the Record Song.\u201d Songs in which the laborious striving to get it right becomes effortless or, at least, is so focused and satisfying it winds up<em>&nbsp;feeling&nbsp;<\/em>like it was. \u201cSaint Jude\u201d also exemplifies how I most like to write. Songwriting by omission. Very specific details are shared, but the motivation behind them and the world surrounding them is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Dusty sidewalk, pocket change<br>Idle small talk, feeling strange<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>The song is based on a novel I\u2019d just read called <em>Father and Son<\/em> which begins with a man returning to his hometown after a stint in prison to find that his girlfriend has taken up with his former best friend, now a police officer. The feeling of foreboding in the chords, words and melody of the song (hopefully) mirrors the feeling which permeates every sentence of the novel. It\u2019s a literary ticking time bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Do not go and rearrange your world.<br>That&#8217;s what I told you, girl.<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>And you just know, right away, that she did, in fact, go and rearrange her world. Then the chorus comes along to take the tension and churn it into slow movement &#8211; dark, complicated, and a little bit scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Saint Jude intercede on my behalf please<br>Looking for lost causes, none more lost than me<br>Set out for the promised land, wound up on my knees<br>Saint Jude, pray you intercede.<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>The second verse brings more details. A randomly remembered lesson from Catholic grade school. Money on the diner counter. A bowed head. A whispered prayer. A silent exit. But again \u2013 it\u2019s the stuff that\u2019s not there that matters most. Why is he praying? Where is he going? And why does it all feel so inevitable? The glimpse of vulnerability in the bridge seems to answer some of that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>All I asked of you<br>Was to wait and be true<br>All I ever wanted \u2013 taken from me<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>The violence comes in the guitar solo and the quiet it empties back into. Especially live, we try to build and build and build until it\u2019s like the whole story falls off of a steep cliff. All that\u2019s left is one final little cluster of details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Rusty sunset, bloody car<br>Cigarette pack, door ajar<br>A final act beneath a million stars<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>Then fade to black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/saint-jude\/1527120631?i=1527121057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"78\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/applemusic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7zW3xekmLRBfm9zW3qjTtn?si=uANoDbP6TzK5UdhK98oquw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"87\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spotify-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\"> Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=622\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"622\">1970s &#8211; 9\/18\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=610\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"610\">Blue Sky Song &#8211; 9\/11\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=24\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"24\">Midnight Ghost &#8211; 9\/4\/2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Saint Jude&#8221; represents a songwriting moment of clarity. 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