Jackson Square

Upon first listen to this song I was kind of confused. I kept waiting for a chorus that never came. I usually like when songs step outside the norm like that. I like the song I just don't like that there isn't a chorus. I think that this song would be better with it.

This song is about Jennings and a woman he met in New Orleans. It's about their story. It ends up being a very sad story.

One of my favorite lines is:
"you smiled at me and i jumped right in
before i knew it you were all i knew"
I just love this kind of "love line" if you will. I guess this is something that I've always wanted to happen to me and it has, and I like it. Haha. He then talks about how they moved in together and rented a room above Jackson Square.

The story then takes a turn. He talks about how everything changed and how her "eyes got strange". I think that she probably started having problems with depression and that it just keeps getting worse. I just reread these lyrics and they amazed me:
"i can hear her crying through the bathroom door
she says she hears spirits all around the room
and they're telling her things that make her feel scared
i have no idea what to do"
I just really think that the last line is awesome. For some reason his admittance to helplessness is really cool.

The next verse talks about her suicide. I like what words he uses when he says he has a weight on his chest. This is the reason that I think that she had depression but I guess there could have been insanity or something.

Jackson Square is place where Jennings experienced love and then hardships and then loss of love. It was the place where a lot of great and horrible things happened in his life.