SINGLE: “Meaning in the Morning”
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“The song is sideways.”
“Meaning in the Morning” is the latest single from soul rock singer-songwriter Buggy Jive. It dropped Sep. 2, 2026 as a preview of sorts to the vibe and sonics of the forthcoming album Daedalus Down, which is set for a Fall 2026 release.
"Meaning in the Morning" hits the listener immediately with acoustic punk funk soul, like a Lenny Kravitz collab with the Violent Femmes, or maybe even a "Dirty Mind"-era Prince collab with a "Dog Eat Dog"-era Joni Mitchell.
As Buggy explains in an email to friends and fans: "You know how your favorite songs grow on you? How you don't fully get them at the first pass, but when they finally hit, they hit HARD? This song is about that. And, god willing, it kinda DOES that for ya, too."
CREDITS
Guitars and keys and vox and stuff performed by Buggy Jive. No goddamned A.I. Copyright 2026 by Bryan Paul Thomas. Drums produced by Yurt Rock. Mastered by Troy Pohl. Copyright 2026 WT3 Records and Radical Plastical Music. All Rights Reserved.
LYRICS
The song ain't not is neither up nor down
The song is sideways
Sideways cypher flipping verbs for nouns
Flipping Maundy Thursdays for Good Good Fridays
When you think you got it wrong
It comes correct without a warning
When you sleep on the song
You get the meaning in the morning
What's a story without its storyteller
What's a story without a delivery system
What's a story without the story of itself
Without permission of the victims
When you think you got it wrong
It comes correct without a warning
When you sleep on the song
You get the meaning in the morning
Or not
Sometimes, not
I said what I said
I did what I do
I said what I said
The rest is on you
I said what I said
I tell you no lies
I said what I said
So read between the lines
You think that I would but I won't
I think that your faith ain’t no good
I'mma flip from: "I hope that you don't."
To “N**** I wish you would."
Stupid wax wing boy be failing up
Daedalus be standing down
The song as sideways ain’t not not enough
When the world is inside out
When you think you got it wrong
It comes correct without a warning
When you sleep on the song
You get the meaning in the morning
Or not
Sometimes, not
