Today’s Song of the Day is “If I Go, I’m Goin’” by Gregory Alan Isakov. This one shows up on a ton of indie folk playlists I love, but yesterday it just hit different. I actually stopped and tuned into the lyrics—and man, there’s this line that floored me: “If I go, I’m goin’ on fire, let my anger take me there.”
That’s not just a lyric, that’s an attitude.
The vibe is super moody and haunting in the best way. What really gets me is how the background instruments sneak in—you don’t even notice them at first. It’s like they drift into the room without making a sound. A little piano here, a soft banjo there…then boom: mandolin solo, steel guitar touches, cymbal swells. It’s all so perfectly layered. Listen on a good pair of headphones!
Lyrically, “If I Go, I’m Goin‘” is a quiet gut punch. The song paints a picture of an old house—but it’s more than that. There’s a sense of time passing, of dealing with grief or loss, maybe both. However you interpret it, the emotional weight is real.
Check it out if you haven’t heard it!
