• Track: Mahgeetah
• Artist: My Morning Jacket
• Album: It Still Moves
• Year: 2003

Lyrics:

Sittin’ here with me and mine
All wrapped up in a bottle of wine
Little we can do, we gonna see it through somehow
So, now are you ready to go, my lady?
I been waitin’ on the boat here, I been waitin’ so long
Bang! Bang! Goes the night
All wrapped up in the firelight
Don’t, “Rock bottom” just listen, just slow down
So, now are you ready to go, my lady?
I been waitin’ on the boat here, I been waitin’ so long
“Can he see me?
Does he feel me?
Does he know me at all?”
“Does it shiver?
Always deliver?
Does it know me at all?”
So, now are you ready to go, Mahgeetah?
I been waitin’ on the boat here, I been waitin’ so long
Mahgeetah
Mahgeetah
Mahgeetah
Mahgeetah
Mahgeetah
Mahgeetah

While many music aficionados are no strangers to the genius of My Morning Jacket—a five-piece hailing from Louisville, Kentucky—they’ve never achieved the mass success that they deserve. Sure, they are the darlings of music critics, but they’ve yet to crack super-stardom. Their blend of rock, country and indie alternative sounds is pure genius.

Mahgeetah is airy, ambient, and it powerful. Clocking in at just shy of six minutes, the first third of this track is wide open, spacious, and well, beautiful. However, about the time you conclude that it’s a pretty song, you slowly realize that it is kicking ass. The intensity builds into a fierce guitar, and just when you think it’s over, it comes back to smack you on the back if your head a second time.

And I have absolutely no idea what Mahgeetah means, though one fan said he thinks it’s a love song to a guitar being sung by someone who’s had too much to drink. Absent a better explanation, I can live with that.

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