There’s something oddly magical about hearing a song and continually playing it over a matter of days, weeks, or even months. It falls under the songs on repeat spectrum, an area that gets triggered from a track for whatever reason.

Whether it’s a motif or message behind the track, production, melody, or events around you, there’s a lot to pick apart when a song remains in your constant rotation. For me, my current song on repeat is Harmonia’s Dream by The War On Drugs.

The track does everything for me—lyrics, production, melody, and its performance. Personally, Harmonia’s Dream is if you take bits from Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty but through a contemporary lens. It’s beautiful.

Above I have one of my favorite renditions of the track, with the group performing their GRAMMY-nominated Harmonia’s Dream from their album I Don’t Live Here Anymore. It was filmed at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles—immerse yourself in it as best as you can.

Lyrics

I can’t escape this memory

It’s like a dream, it’s got me up all night again

And you’re all that I can see

But I been here before, I’ve crossed so many roads

Never needed more than I could hold

Running and returning

In a vision, you’re a ghost in black and white

A silhouette in blue and green

I lay awake at night and wait for you to come

Been hangin’ on so hard and now I can’t let go

I’m in a rollin’ wave

That moves across the line

Am I losin’ my faith?

We’re gonna lose it in time

Leaves are falling down like rain

In the mornin’, I just stand alone outside

And I watch ’em blow away

It’s so hard to find a friеnd these days

Oh, babe, I’m sinkin’

Summеr comes and rain gets in

It’s like I’m lookin’ through the glass on the other side

I’m not tryna make you wait

But I don’t need it anymore, and I can’t turn back

And give it all away when it’s all I have

I’m in a rollin’ wave

That moves across the line

Am I losin’ my faith?

We’re gonna lose it in time

Sometimes forwards is the only way back

To reach the hill in time

I was lost in the light that can’t be seen

Don’t move around in front of me

I’m on a scene, I’m overdrive

You lay awake, you know the way

You know the path I’m walkin’ on

Are we the cast you’re leanin’ on?

You know the coast, you’re on your own

Well, I’m gone like a light that can’t be seen

Don’t look away, it’s just a dream

I’m out of touch, so out of reach

It’s comin’ back and I’m movin’ fast

Just one more day and I’m home at last

I need that love I’m dreamin’ on

I know the cost

You’re on your own

Oh-oh

You’re on your own

Oh-oh