Jason Isbell - Stockholm Lyrics
I've heard love songs make a Georgia man cry
On the shoulder of somebody's Saturday night
Read the good book studied it, too
But nothing prepared me for living with you
Tied up the keys in the folds of your hair
And the difference with me is I used to not care
Stockholm, let me go home
Once a wise man to the ways of the world
Now I've traded those lessons for faith in a girl
Across the ocean, a thousand years from my home
In this frozen old city of silver and stone
Ships in the harbor and birds on the bluff
And the difference with me is I'm falling in love
Stockholm, let me go home
Let me go home
And the night, so long
I used to pray for the daylight to come
Folks back home surely have called off the search
And gone back to their own
Ships in the harbor and birds on the bluff
Don't move an inch when their anchor goes up
And the difference with me is I'm falling in love
Stockholm, let me go home
Let me go home
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Jason Isbell Stockholm Comments
Does he write any bad songs? Each one I stumbled onto is pretty damn good.
Jason Isbell... the difference with me is I’m falling in love. With youuuuuu. 😂♥️🤷🏼♀️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I think the use of "Stockholm" might be a double meaning, and that the stockholm syndrome may refer to him being a prisoner of the road, loving it but wanting to be home. Just a thought
Or he had a relationship that didn't work out that great with someone in Stockholm. He does picture Stockholm in the winter pretty good in the lyric so I don't think it needs to be a "Stockholm Syndrome" here. Maybe just a boy and a girl thing that didn't work out...
He refers to Amanda as Home in Cover Me Up.
"And the old lover's sing
"I thought it'd be me who helped him get home"
But home was a dream
One I'd never seen till you came along"
On point
Thank God for Jason Isbell! I love his lyrics!
Omg love this song already
my favourite isbell song...lyrics got me through my time stuck on 3rd shift...."and the nite so long I used to pray for the daylite to come..."
"Jason Isbell is the best singer/songwriter in thirty years."---John Prine
You're right John, he sure is!
He and Ryan Adams. I think Isbell is more consistent but Adams best songs crush all.
Also they left out Elliott Smith. He’s undoubtedly no.1
Dica do Tiago Arrais <3
Amazing - Brazil.
This song gives me the chillies.
Amazing on all levels!
@Dan Bloom, it's about Stockholm syndrome
but WHY is he in STOCKHOLM?
I assume it's a reference to falling in love being a little like Stockholm syndrome
re Nowhere is Isbell's gift of intelligence in language, metaphor, and imagery more polished that in STOCKHOLM ..., where he wrestles with falling in love .....The song layers innuendo, meaning and cliché within Isbell's typical narrative clarity.
what is the song about? please tell me here:
Stockholm syndrome
I think it's using Stockholm Syndrome as a metaphor for falling in love with something that is damaging you and separating you from everyone you truly love. In his case, it was alcohol.
love itm thanks Jessie Opoien
I like it! The beginning sounds just like Jackson Browne - These Days.
Stockholm Syndrome...common in secret restricted U.S. pit controlled cities and areas.
This is my favorite song. It reminds me of my whole life except for that time I had an accident in Denny's when I was about 4. I love you , baby.
@J. Clayton L. Jones Does that part have a song too?
Jason debuted Southeastern here at our venue, The Warehouse at Mt. Victor. We believe it was by far the best album in 2013.
Definitely a reference to Stockholm Syndrome. Not an accident he chose Stockholm as the title city, but consider as supplemental evidence:
a) The chorus is "Stockholm, let me go home" -- exactly what a captive would say to a kidnapper.
b) "Folks back home surely have called off their search" -- as they would a kidnapped/missing person.
c) "Ships in the harbor & birds on the bluff don't move an inch when their anchor goes up" -- they're free to go, but choose not to, a la Stockholm Syndrome.
Way ahead of you anyone listening to Jason isbell knows this dude classic superiority complex
I don't think the song is really about Stockholm syndrome. The song is about someone who is falling in love in an unhealthy relationship, and is not taking care of all other aspects of his life such as family friends or whatever. However, I think that the song makes a sort of reference to Stockholm syndrome to draw a comparison between obsessive, unhealthy relationships and Stockholm syndrome.
Heard this on UT's 98.9 in Austin Texas, dont get much better
Thanks to WNKU 105.9 Middletown, OH for the play.
Beautiful lyrics.
Nice job by Kim Richey on harmony vocals.
He was interviewed on Fresh Air tonight on NPR and talked about this and recovery. Think I am going to have to get his album/cd.
at first I thought you/reviewers were reading too much into the lyrics but after going over them a couple of times, I can definitely see it is plausible. If nothing else, I enjoy the idea of it.
I think you're on to something. I know JI's recovery from alcoholism features heavily on this album... Stockholm Syndrome, falling in love with something that's holding you prisoner. It's a beautiful comparison to addiction.
Thank you for posting this!
Beautiful song