Jeffrey lewis has a way of making optimism seem actually practical. Hearing him for the first time.. it just clicked immediately. I’m eternally grateful for him, his mind, his comics, and for this song.
Once, during a particularly rough shift, I played ‘Life’ maybe about 15 times on repeat. I didn’t even mean to, nor did I have it queued, I just kept hitting the button on my headphones to manually replay it each time I got to the end. I just HAD to hear it again and I soaked in those lyrics every single time around.
‘Life is a story, don't you doubt
Bad times give ya something to talk about
The next time you think youre all worn out,
Remember life is a story,
Dontcha doubt..
It only takes a day for everything to turn around’
