Setting my iTunes library on shuffle mode produced this interesting pairing yesterday:
- Between You And Me-dc Talk
- That's On Me-Wavves
It was amusing to see those titles come up back to back. Musically, though, it was a tad perplexing. "Between You And Me" can be interpreted as doing right by God but also as mending a rift with someone. To some extent, its structure and vocal phrasing remind me of Seal.
"That's On Me"'s lyrics have a bit of common ground with "Between You And Me," but "That's On Me" suggests that life's slings and arrows make it permissible to be hedonistic.
In both songs, people admit that their decisions aren't always the right ones. "Between You And Me" suggests a willingness to improve. "That's On Me," however, suggests that as long as people are willing to take the blame for questionable decisions, they don't necessarily have to change their ways. That's fitting, I suppose, for a song that's more sinister and rocks harder than almost any other song in my library.
