| Why do some songs jump off an album and clear the competition away with one clean sweep? There is such an overwhelming sense of destiny that it feels like the notes are golden and the lyrics are written in honey. Mike Zito traveled the hard road to find the place he could write "Today." These aren't just words. They're more like the knowledge from thousands of miles of endless highway and the kind of soul searching that makes each morning a new challenge. The friendly chords that start the song are an invitation from a new friend, followed fast by some warm words of advice: "I'll take my time about growing older/I try to live like I'm getting younger/All my friends say that life is colder/I just smile and offer my shoulder." From there, it's like a prayer unfolds before us, and Zito's voice, while worn, never wavers. There is an undeniable lilt in the music that pulls us along like a soft ocean swell, never threatening but always there. A cautionary bridge turns into a short and sweet guitar solo, sealing the inevitability that what we're hearing will not leave. It's like a soothing spirit has made a new home inside us, and we've been handed a flashlight with lifetime batteries to find the way--today and tomorrow. |
Mike Zito appears side by side with Emmylou Harris,
My Morning Jacket & Prince.
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