Smith Westerns - "3am Spiritual"

I've been playing this song just about every day for the past week. It's got a classic rock kind of sound that I like; slowly building into a guitar solo finale. But, I think what I really like the most about it are the opening lyrics. They remind me of David Foster Wallace's "This is Water", a commencement speech he gave back in 2005 that has been bouncing around the internet lately. 

Sometimes, you have to stop and think about how you think.




It's easier to think you're dumb 
Like you were 
It's easier to think you're no fun 
Oh, I know 
It's easier to think you can't go on. 

Please keep close to me 
I don't wanna let you off my heart 
But it happened all along 
And you don't look like it used to be 
You don't look like you did on TV 

Oh, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

And all the while I never won 
I've been down 
And all the while I put a smile up 
Can't do rounds 
And all the while upwards and out 

Please keep close to me 
I don't wanna let you off my heart 
But it happened all along 
And you don't look like it used to be 
You don't look like you did on TV 

Oh, yeah , oh yeah
Oh, yeah , oh yeah
Oh, yeah , oh yeah
Oh, yeah , oh yeah.