My Morning Jacket is a rock band which formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentuc… Read Full Bio ↴My Morning Jacket is a rock band which formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The band consists of Jim James (vocals, guitar), Carl Broemel (guitar), "Two Tone" Tommy Blankenship (bass), Bo Koster (keyboards) and Patrick Hallahan (drums). The band is best known for their reverb-soaked sound and their enthusiastic live shows. My Morning Jacket is signed with ATO Records. The band's style is a blend of alternative, alt country, folk rock and psychedelic rock.

The band's moniker comes from a discarded coat James saw while walking through the remains of his favorite bar the morning after it burned down. The coat had the letters "MMJ" embroided on it. The band has released seven albums so far: "The Tennessee Fire" (1999), "At Dawn" (2001), "It Still Moves" (2003), "Z" (2005), "Evil Urges" (2008), "Circuital" (2011) & "The Waterfall" (2015). The band's breakthrough came when their 2003 single "One Big Holiday" became one of the most played songs on college radio that year. 2008's "I'm Amazed" was also a sizable hit, peaking at #6 on Billboard's Triple A (adult album alternative) Singles chart.

The Circuital songfacts reports that "Circuital" was recorded inside a church’s converted gymnasium in the band's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Said frontman Jim James: “I hate the phrase ‘going back to our roots’, but for this record we came home and made it in Kentucky. And it just felt a lot like it did when we were first starting out.”
James co-produced the record with Tucker Martine. The pair first worked together when James appeared on Laura Veirs ' album "July Flame" in 2010, which Martine, Veirs’ husband, also produced.

My Morning Jacket guest stared in the American Dad Episode "My Morning Straitjacket" where Stan Smith becomes obsessed with them and decides to become a groupie. The edisode was first aired November 22 2009.

Rolling Back
My Morning Jacket Lyrics

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Just in the nick of time you got me...
While I was sittin here
Time I don't think I waste it,
It just seems to disappear
Sippin' the wine you got me,
While eyes were rollin' back
Long hours and hard hard things
Just bring heart attacks

Oh oh oh you had me,
Wrapped up in your mystery...
When the light vanished from on high
Oh, I'll never say I knew you,
But my heart can't wait
To meet you on the other side

When I think about the story
One thing seems pretty clear
The warm things you left behind
They still want you here
But only in time you find...
That all things come back around
And just like the frown,
We'll turn them upside down
Oh oh oh you had me
Wrapped up in your mystery...
When the light vanished from on high
Oh, I'll never say I knew you

But my heart can't wait
To meet you on the other side.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to My Morning Jacket's song Rollin' Back seem to be about time passing and the inevitability of change. The first verse suggests that time is fleeting and perhaps something that can't be controlled or managed. The reference to "heart attacks" suggests that hard work or long hours can be taxing and even deadly. The next verse seems to allude to someone who has passed away (perhaps the person referred to as "you"). The warm things left behind could refer to memories or physical possessions that the person left behind. The phrase "all things come back around" suggests that perhaps the person has gone, but there is still a sense of their presence that remains. The chorus suggests that this person had a mysterious quality, and while the singer may not have known them deeply, their heart longs for their presence.

Overall, the theme seems to be about the uncertainty of time and the desire for things to come full circle. The use of "rolling back" could suggest a desire to go back to a simpler time, or to undo something that has been done. However, the repetition of the phrase "on the other side" suggests a sense of moving forward and perhaps even seeing things from a different perspective after experiencing loss.

Line by Line Meaning

Just in the nick of time you got me...
You saved me right on time, just when I needed it.

While I was sittin here
I was sitting idly, doing nothing productive.

Time I don't think I waste it,
I don't intentionally waste time, it just seems to pass quickly.

It just seems to disappear
Time passes quickly without me even noticing.

Sippin' the wine you got me,
I'm drinking the wine that you gave me.

While eyes were rollin' back
I was enjoying the wine so much that my eyes were rolling back in my head.

Long hours and hard hard things
Working hard for long hours can be stressful and take a toll on one's health.

Just bring heart attacks
This stress can even cause heart attacks.

Oh oh oh you had me,
You had complete control over me.

Wrapped up in your mystery...
I was fully invested in unraveling the mystery of you.

When the light vanished from on high
When everything fell apart suddenly and unexpectedly.