Wilco, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (live), Fox Theater, Oakland, CA, October 18, 2021 (4K)

Wilco play their song "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on October 18, 2021. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart appeared on the band's fourth studio album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001). Wilco is an alternative rock band from Chicago consisting of Jeff Tweedy (lead vocals and guitar), Nels Cline (guitar), John Stirratt (bass), Glenn Kotche (drums), Mikael Jorgensen (keyboards), and Pat Sansone (guitar and keyboards). Wilco recently wrapped up their It's Time tour, but their most recent dates are the conclusion of the Ode To Joy tour, the last few dates of which were postponed because of the pandemic in March 2020.

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Wilco - Ode To Joy live tour dates (2021):

10/5 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10/6 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10/8 - Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
10/9 - Olympia, WA @ Washington Center for the Performing Arts
10/10 - Bellingham, WA @ Mount Baker Theatre
10/12 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
10/13 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
10/15 - Napa, CA @ Oxbow RiverStage
10/16 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic
10/17 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10/18 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10/20 - Santa Barbara CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
10/22 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
10/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
10/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre

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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart lyrics:

I am an American aquarium drinker
I assassin down the avenue
I'm hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?

Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning
Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers
This is not a joke, so please stop smiling
What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?

I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming
Take you from the inside, baby hold on tight
You were so right when you said I've been drinking
What was I thinking when we said good night?

I want to hold you in the Bible-black predawn
You're quite a quiet domino, bury me now
Take off your Band-Aid 'cause I don't believe in touchdowns
What was I thinking when we said hello?

I always thought that if I held you tightly
You would always love me like you did back then
Then I fell asleep and the city kept blinking
What was I thinking when I let you back in?

I am trying to break your heart
I am trying to break your heart
But still,​ I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy
I am trying to break your heart

Disposable Dixie-cup drinking
I assassin down the avenue
I've been hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?

Written by Jeff Tweedy / Jay Bennett

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Wilco official bio:

Throughout the past two-plus decades Wilco has won multiple Grammy Awards, released 11 studio albums, as well as a trio of albums with Billy Bragg penning music to lyrics by Woody Guthrie. They have founded their own record label (dBpm Records) and festival (Solid Sound). This year saw them curating Sky Blue Sky, a destination concert experience in Mexico, for the first time. The Chicago sextet continues to be regarded as a live powerhouse, as described by NPR “To see Wilco on stage is to hear the best of the best.” The band’s newest album, Ode To Joy, was released fall 2019.

Wilco return with Ode to Joy, out October 4th via dBpm Records. Ode to Joy comes three-plus years after the release of the “world-weary, wheezy – and wonderfully warm” (The Guardian) Schmilco, and encourages the act of finding joy in a dark political climate. The album presents a unique rhythm track and a minimalist instrumentation, with lyrics at once observant, hopeful, morbid, tolerant, and abstract. “Love is Everywhere (Beware),” the album’s extrospective lead single, is an upbeat, guitar-driven track that explores the dual joy and threat of a community focused on love.

Whether our joy is measured by sparks felt when clutching old sweaters to our chests, by the number of tiny digital hearts earned from a shared photograph, by a guitar solo or a drumbeat or a piece of cotton on a stick in your ear, or by something even greater, Wilco wants to sincerely remind us to wear that feeling loud and proud. This is Ode to Joy: pick it up, hold it tight.