Love and great buildings will survive

Today I am thankful for Andrew McMahon in general, and his song “Fire Escape” in particular. 

Not a whole lot to say about this one, but here goes. 

When I was 19 years old and first getting into Something Corporate, Andrew McMahon seemed impossibly older than me. Now, in my 30s, I realize we’re about the same age. We got married around the same time, and had babies relatively close together. I think it’s because of this that I have always been able to relate to his music so well, despite being an east coast girl listening to his music about being a west coast guy. And while it’s true that, to my mind, nothing will ever beat Something Corporate’s “Leaving Through the Window,” and that Jacks Mannequin’s “Everything in Transit” is a perfect pop album, I have enjoyed all of his work and felt like each album has been just right for what I’m gong through at the age at which the newest work came out. “Fire Escape” is about New York City but it’s also about being a new parent. I don’t actually know if that’s 100% true, but tell me this isn’t about a new baby:

So let’s hang an anchor from the sun

There’s a million city lights, but you’re number one

You’re the reason I’m still up at dawn 

Just to see your face, we’ll be goin’ strong 

With the vampires, baby, we belong awake

Swinging from the fire escape 

Anyway, it doesn’t matter why this song speaks to me so much right now, all that matters is that it does, and if you’re reading this, I hope it speaks to you, too. Until next time...