Divine Intervention

Matthew Sweet

From GIRLFRIEND — one of the most stunning albums of the 90’s. I played it so much. Just about every day. My most played record of 1991 still sounds inspired, outstanding. Sweet caught lighting in a bottle with this tour de force and it became such a nice compliment to the disruptive arrival of grunge with it’s slick production and pop sensibilities. And it never lost those big guitars — in fact they’re front and center with Sweet, Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine. (RIP Robert Quine)

This opening track is a killer that really connected with me. High school was over and college had me thinking philosophically about where my life would go. Was there really a kind of divine intervention that would steer my ship to safety? My young mind was beginning to doubt this was true. Somehow this track feels like a Saturday song because I still find it uplifting and fun. It seems to celebrate the unknowns. Even though I’m full of doubt, I still find myself hoping for something more.

I don't know where
I'm gonna live
Don't know if I'll find a place
I'd have to think about it some
And that I do not wish to face
I guess that I'm counting on his
Divine intervention

I cannot understand my god
I don't know why it gets to me
One day my life
Is filled with joy
And then we find we disagree
All depending on his
Divine intervention

Alright
We're all counting on his...

Does he love us?
Does he love us?
Does he love us?
Does he love us?
Hmm now he love us?
I look around
And all I see is destruction
We're all counting on his
Divine intervention

When he comes the sun shine
When he comes the sun shine
Sunshine, the sunshine
Here it comes...