Piece of Dirt

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The soothing sound of loneliness.

There are times when I’ve listened to this song while falling asleep at night and it always sounded so soothing while somehow also making me wonder if I was going to relate to the kind of realizations of loneliness and isolation that John Flansburgh is singing about. The 7th track on They Might Be Giants’ Lincoln album is a song called “Piece of Dirt.”

This is an understated piece of music with few instruments that slowly get added into the mix one by one, starting with a simple beat and an accordion. We are sung a tale of a man feeling isolated and stranded in life as if all he has to stand on anymore is a mere piece of dirt; much of how I feel while trying to write about this song. Piece of Dirt is not a banger which is not to say that the song does sound good or hold significance through its lyrics but more often than not, I find myself skipping this track unless I’m in a particularly somber mood.