Jim James of My Morning Jacket recently released his third full length studio album, Uniform Distortion. He also released an acoustic companion version of the album, Uniform Clarity. Both albums feature “Over and Over.” Either as an electric version with backing vocals or as a stripped down acoustic version, the song has a powerful socially conscious message about human’s inability to learn from mistakes.
The following message was posted on the official YouTube page for the video: “we have a chance- right now- to get involved and change history. to put an end to the seemingly endless cycles of war and racism that continue to divide and conquer us as a people. we have a chance to heal the wounds of slavery and injustice to the native peoples created when america was born by opening our arms and our hearts and using the power of our voice and our vote to say we are tired of this cycle happening OVER and OVER again…we want a new cycle. a life cycle more in tune with nature than constantly against it. one of peace. we want freedom. we want equality. we want love. and we want it NOW.”