Jackson was the first single from LOSE (2014) released on May 19, 2014. It is the first track of the 9 tracks in the album.
“Jackson,” one of the year’s best singles, revolves around the lines “Now I dream in color of your face/ And I see the coast in your mirror shades” and tells the story of the...
[Verse 1]
You’re taking two Klonopin
So you can quit flipping
And face our friends
You dated the sainted dead
He ain’t nothing but a prayer card
Tacked up with my record jackets
We’re riding through Jackson Pines
Towards Six Flags to wait in lines
And have our spines shook
And I’m shook
[Chorus]
Got the space sickness
While we wait on the weightlessness
A delirious kiss
And the feeling of falling in
[Bridge]
Getting good at looking so in love
My eyes are unfocused
[Verse 2]
We're right back in Manalapan
Those rainbows of oil spin
On your former street
Are we more than meat?
Not a goddamn thing we could have said
To convince you
[Bridge]
Now I dream in color of your face
And the coast in your mirror shades
Only feel relief when I’m back at home
Falling forward alone
[Chorus]
With the space sickness
While we wait on the weightlessness
The delirious kiss
And the feeling of falling in
[Bridge]
So there’s nothing to do when
It's a foregone conclusion
A pool overflowing and bursting
Come the fuck on
[Guitar solo]
[Coda]
I don’t wanna die
At the hands of the Jackson Whites
Let the warm air rush in
At the wreck up ahead
Jackson was written by Joseph D’Agostino.
Jackson was produced by John Agnello.
Cymbals Eat Guitars released Jackson on Tue Aug 26 2014.