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.

Wear Your Love Like Heaven
My Morning Jacket Lyrics

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Color in sky, Prussian blue
Scarlet fleece changes hue
Crimson ball sinks from view
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love)

Lord, kiss me once more

Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love like)
Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love)
La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Color sky, havana lake
Color sky, rose carmethene
Alizarin crimson
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love)

Lord, kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love like)
Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love)
La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Cannot believe what I see
All I have wished for will be
All of our race proud and free
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love)

Lord, kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love like)
Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love)
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Oh

Come on
Come on

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to My Morning Jacket's song "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" are lofty and poetic, describing the beauty of the natural world and the power of love to uplift and transform. The opening lines paint a vivid picture of a vibrant sunset, with colors changing and shifting as the day comes to a close. The lyrics urge the listener to "wear your love like heaven," suggesting that love is something to be cherished and carried with us always.

The chorus repeats this refrain several times, reinforcing the message that love is an essential part of life that should be celebrated and shared freely. The verses evolve to incorporate religious themes, with mentions of Allah and a call to be "filled with song." There is a sense of longing and yearning throughout the song, as if the singer is pleading for a deeper connection to the divine and a greater understanding of the beauty and complexity of the world around them.

Overall, "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is a song that celebrates the power of love to transcend boundaries of race, religion, and culture, and to bring people together in a spirit of joy and harmony.

Line by Line Meaning

Color in sky, Prussian blue
The sky is colored in a shade of blue called Prussian blue

Scarlet fleece changes hue
The color of a piece of cloth made of scarlet fleece changes color

Crimson ball sinks from view
A ball of crimson color sinks down and disappears from view

Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Spread love wherever you go

Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Begging for divine inspiration to help them spread more love

Color sky, havana lake Color sky, rose carmethene Alizarin crimson
The colors in the sky are shades of brown, pink and red

Cannot believe what I see All I have wished for will be All of our race proud and free Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like)
Everything they've hoped for will come true and they want to share love to create a better world

Come on Come on Come on Come on Oh Come on Come on
Encouraging people to join in and spread love together

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