418. "Gravity's Gone" Drive-By Truckers

"Gravity's Gone"
Drive-By Truckers
A Blessing and a Curse
2006

I don't know how country (and country rock) dudes can write such depressing lyrics and still sing them like a badass. Picture Robert Smith singing "I've been falling so long, it's like gravity is gone and I'm just floating." I mean, that's totally a Cure lyric, right? That's an outtake from Disintegration. I can even hear the ethereal keyboards and chiming guitars.
Then listen to this song, from the kickass Alabama band Drive-By Truckers. He sings that, and you're pumping your fist, like, "Yeah! My life is shit too! Fuckin' A! Whoo!"
They should release an album of country dudes singing emo songs as full-on ragers. I even have the title: "There Is A Coors Light That Never Goes Out".
Make it happen, kids.