Now I know you'll be listening.....

They may not be your favorite band in the world, but you know without any doubt, that they are the best band that you will ever hear. Do you think you know who I'm talking about? You probably didn't think it was Wilco. This band can do anything. They do everything. And they do everything better than everyone else. You want a rock song? Try Heavy Metal Drummer. A slow song? She's A Jar is one of many. "Upper" songs? ELT does the job. How about country? Just look at their album titled "A.M."  But do you want to hear the best piece of music in the world? Impossible Germany. Just look at what it has to say-

This was still new to me,
I wouldn't understand.
Impossible Germany,
Unlikely Japan.
This is what love is for,
To be out of place.
Gorgeous and alone,
Face to face.

With no larger problems,
That need to be erased.
Nothing more important,
Than to know someone's listening,
Now I know you'll be listening....

How do you interpret these? There are so many things these can mean. I believe they are telling us, that people can find love in such unexpected places. In World War II, Germany and Japan were allies. Please set aside for a moment the atrocities they committed and look at it this way -- two countries that were as different and foreign to one another as they can be saw something in the other. They joined forces.
Is this not like two people, different as can be, finding love together? A doctor and a janitor; a 25-year-old and a 40-year-old; a black woman and a Chinese man; you name it. I see this song telling you to keep your mind open, because "this is what love is for, to be out of place." This song also preaches of two lovers listening to one another, because what the other has to say is very important, thus the jam in the second half. It represents all the communication that passes between two people, and how powerful is that? Every time I hear this song, it nearly brings me to tears. I hope you too will see how amazing this band is, and that they are right about everything.

"Impossible Germany" by Wilco