Make A Dead Man Die

Geese “4D Country”

What makes a song relatable? There’s a lot of music now that people connect to quite deeply with very literal and direct lyrics, all expressing sentiments that people can point to and go “that’s me.” This makes sense, and pop music has always had this sort of utility. It clicks with me sometimes, but I find what really resonates for me the most is music that conveys a feeling that’s immediately understood but hard to explain, and with that I only really need a few lines that get under my skin.

“3D Country” – aka “4D Country” in its extended version – is one of those for me. Something about this particular blend of low-key grooviness, wounded soul, and wistful tone sounds like my life feels these days. It’s a little hard to follow the lyrical threads, which include lines about cowboys and soldiers in Rome, but the gist of it is clear enough as Cameron Winter belts out lines about needing to leave the life he’s known behind and lamenting how difficult it is to live life on your own. It’s a song about loneliness and loss and knowing you’ve made mistakes, but in the context of feeling stuck in some nowhere zone of your life. The guy in this song has made a decision to move on to his “second life,” but isn’t sure where his path is headed. There’s no resolution, just the understanding that he couldn’t keep going on as he was.

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