Shawn Harris.

"Other than literary sources, where do you find inspiration for your songs?"

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SHAWN SAYS: "Out the jam of a fourth-floor safety window, I'm singing lyrics from 'Gravity Rides Everything' by Modest Mouse and trying to trace their reasons for writing it. Heavy raindrops are rushing toward stones and grass, and up here I'm harmonizing, 'Everything will fall, fall right into place'. My perception of time starts to drag lazily; the fat drops slowing down, no hurry for a splash.
It took my little brain most of the damn song to conclude, 'Hey, it's snowing!' I was a raindrop and now I'm a piece of snow; different state- same constitution. Slow down- no rush for the ground. Gravity is the worry that rides everything, but the snowflakes have the right idea. I don't know if that's how Modest Mouse came up with their song, but it's how I've stumbled upon one of my own."