50 Philosophical My Morning Jacket Lyrics to Use as Your Next Photo Caption

Rock band My Morning Jacket has been making music together for more than 25 years, and whether you know their philosophical and psychedelic tunes thanks to hits including "Wordless Chorus" and "Golden," or from that one episode of American Dad, once you start listening, it's easy to get hooked.

The group also celebrated the 20th anniversary of their celebrated album Z earlier this month, and kicked off a North American tour in support of the momentous occasion. To celebrate, we've gathered 50 of their all-time most memorable lyrics for your captioning pleasure.

For finding joy and amazement in the little things:

"I'm amazed at a quiet ocean. I'm amazed at your warm devotion."

-"I'm Amazed"

 

For the romance that was a long time coming:

"We know real love takes forever, yeah."

-"Time Waited"

 

For when time seems to melt away from you:

"Nothing could ever chill me like the way they make the time just disappear."

-"Golden"

 

For figuring out how to feel again:

"We forgot about love, but weren't broken-hearted."

-"Wordless Chorus"

 

For imagining your own potential:

"Place my gaze in the future's path seeing things that ain't come yet."

-"Victory Dance"

 

For always going but never getting anywhere:

"Spinning out gracefully. Going nowhere quickly."

-"Circuital"

 

For when the truth can be painful:

"You should work, you should work. Yeah, for the self and the family."

-"Off the Record"

 

For when all that's left is a photo and a memory:

"Only memories remain."

-"Only Memories Remain"

 

For when love is all about togetherness ad reflection:

"I'm smiling, too; I see myself in you."

-"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"

 

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For letting people know what's important:

"It matters to me. Took a long time to get here."

-"Wonderful (The Way I Feel)"

 

For wanting to make the most of life:

"How can a soul make the most of what is whole and what is here?"

-"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1"

 

For convincing yourself of the importance of hard work:

"You should work, you should work. Yeah, for the self and the family."

-"Victory Dance"

(Photo credit: Sam Erickson)

 

For wondering if you can take your idea all the way:

"An idea crawls before it walks, and as it walks, it learns to run, and as it runs, it fears its fall."

-"In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)"

 

For documenting your travels, through day and night:

"Watching a stretch of road. Miles of light explode."

-"Golden"

 

For realizing you should read more:

"Ramble up the stairwell into the hall of books. Since we got the interweb, these hardly get used."

-"Librarian"

 

For scheduling some time to veg and do nothing:

"Oh, makin' time, to waste time."

-"Feel You"

 

For choosing to believe, despite your uncertainty:

"Believe, believe, believe, believe. Nobody knows."

-"Believe (Nobody Knows)"

 

For that unforgettable throwback picture:

"For a time there by the sea, there was only you and me."

-"Only Memories Remain"

 

For feeling caught in the daily grind of work:

"So much going on these days. Forget about instinct, it's not what pays."

-"Wordless Chorus"

 

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For recognizing the importance of holding on to dreams:

"Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall."

-"Bermuda Highway"

 

For knowing you'll love them as long as you live:

"The fact that my heart's beating is all the proof you need."

-"Steam Engine"

 

For making the most of your time together:

"Yeah, and if we don't watch out, time will run off on us."

-"Time Waited"

 

For looking for certain qualities in a partner:

"If you ain't too kind, you ain't my type."

-"Run It"

 

For experiencing something brand-new:

"A feeling in my bones I've never felt before."

-"Golden"

 

For ushering in a massive change in yourself:

"Baby, can't you see that I'm smiling? Can't you see there's a part of me that's brand new?"

-"Knot Comes Loose"

 

For being your own worst enemy:

"And I am all worked up over nothing."

-"Circuital"

 

For when it's a struggle to take risks in life:

"You're sweet and sincere, but so ruled by fear."

-"Big Decisions"

 

For believing things can get better:

"Hey there, I'm flying up above looking down on the tired earth. I can see, I can see potential."

-"Victory Dance"

 

For starting the day off with no worries before life kicks in:

"Waking up feeling good and limber."

-"One Big Holiday"

 

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For when nothing goes according to plan:

"But sometimes life has other ideas."

-"Only Memories Remain"

 

For that mirror selfie:

"When God gave us mirrors, He had no idea."

-"Librarian"

 

For when life is full of choices:

"Well, you can fling open the windows or you can board 'em up."

-"Circuital"

 

For finally taking that leap of faith:

"And then I realized all the time I was wasting trying to mend a broken situation. Daydreaming of leaving. I only had to do it."

-"Get the Point"

 

For performing for a big crowd:

"Watching a crowd roll in. Out go the lights, it begins."

-"Golden"

 

For taking your happiness into your own hands:

"Man or woman, don't matter. Gotta stand up for yourself, stand up and be counted. You can't depend on nobody else."

-"Run It"

 

For long-awaited reunion:

"Well, they say time waits for no one dear, and it takes near death to show one, yeah, but time waited for you and me."

-"Time Waited"

 

For declaring your love:

"You know my heart, it beats for you."

-"It Beats 4 U"

 

For knowing that real love between people is forever:

"Our earthly bodies will surely fall, but the love we share outlives us all."

-"Only Memories Remain"

 

For wanting your feelings of love to last forever:

"Oh, this feeling is wonderful. Don't you ever turn it off."

-"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"

 

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For when overthinking keeps holding you back:

"Only get one chance but you seem to always think twice."

-"Big Decisions"

 

For feeling deeply rooted and connected to nature:

"Only get one chance but you seem to always think twice."

-"Circuital"

 

For remaining young at heart:

"I will never grow older, at least not in my mind."

-"Wonderful (The Way I Feel)"

 

For sticking to your morals:

"I just ain't the type to get all wrapped up in the illusion of doing something that I know ain't right, right, right, right, right."

-"Off the Record"

 

For making real change and a difference in the world:

"We are the innovators, they are the imitators."

-"Wordless Chorus"

 

For when everything you've ever wanted becomes reality:

"What does it mean to feel millions of dreams come real?"

-"Golden"

 

For rarely acting in your own best interests:

"What is it inside our heads that makes us do the opposite, makes us do the opposite of what's right for us?"

-"Librarian"

 

For when your big aspirations are your greatest strength:

"It's not the dream that makes you weak."

-"Steam Engine"

 

For finding yourself back home after a long time away:

"Ending up in the same place that we started out."

-"Circuital"

 

For barely daring to dream of the future:

"Should I close my eyes and prophesize hoping maybe someday come?"

-"Victory Dance"

 

For learning that grief does diminish over time:

"You had me worried, so worried that this would last, but now I'm learning, learning that this will pass."

-"Dondante"

 

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