Well, I never really did anything with that song “John Prine,” or “Burn One With John Prine,” whatever you wanna call it. She spoke about this in an interview with Stereogum in 2018: It was one of the first songs she wrote when she moved to Nashville and it’s been all but scrubbed from the internet, in terms of studio recordings, but there still exists a few live videos on Youtube, including one where she actually sings the song with John Prine.
This lyric references her family’s disapproval of her free-spirited lifestyle, but reasserts her wanting to “follow her arrow”, so to speak. “Slow Burn” also contains an older lyric borrowed from an old song of Kacey Musgraves’ called “Burn One With John Prine”, which is where “Grandma cried when I pieced my nose” originates from. The rest of the album also contains plenty of psychedelic references, with the bright colors everywhere in the lyrics, and especially “Oh What A World”, singing about “plants that grow and open your mind”. “Good in a glass, good on green,” Kacey sings, meaning that she’s got plenty of alcohol and weed.
The lyrics to “Slow Burn” make subtle references to drugs and the counterculture, with even the title lending itself to the image of a joint. She describes this experience in a 2018 interview with the NY Times, recalling how she sat on her front porch and thinking about her life when it all came together. It makes sense for “Slow Burn” to have this sort of psychedelic energy, as Kacey wrote the lyrics for the chorus while she was tripping on LSD. This is what makes “Slow Burn” such a special song. While she describes her own experience, the way it’s described sounds liberating and tends to promote self-reflection. Kacey’s philosophy is something that hits home with a whole lot of people, all of whom are feeling the pressures from family and society to be a certain way. The song describes Kacey’s philosophy on life, which is to take her own path and do things her way, enjoying the “Slow Burn” of the process. Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP.Īs the opening track to her Grammy-winning 2018 album Golden Hour, Kacey Mugraves’ “Slow Burn” brings a laid-back, nostalgic vibe and a sparkling appeal.
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