I'm a sucker for inspirational lyrics put to catchy music. The background to this song is inspiring. Jack's Mannequin's principle member, singer, songwriter, etc... is a guy named Andrew McMahon.
Three months before the release of the band's first album, McMahon was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was consequently forced to cancel an upcoming summer tour to fight the illness. Three months later, he received a bone marrow transplant from his sister which lead to a full recovery.
This week's song, Swim, is the track on JM's newest album, The Glass Passenger. The song's lyrics depict his struggle with Leukemia and how he found the strength to overcome the illness and push forward in spite of it. Pretty amazing stuff!
Check out the lyrics here, http://www.lyricsyoulove.com/j/jacks_mannequin/swim/
And listen to the song on youtube or be a spender and download it from iTunes. It's well worth your time and 99 cents!
Let me know if you like it!
2 comments:
Taylor...nice blog. I found it via Rachelle's blog. It will be good to keep up with everything you're doing. Thanks for the music tip. I'm always in the market for good tunes.
your a sucker alright!! hey man just wanted to drop a note and say I miss ya and te amo. Hope life is leading you happily.
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