You Never Knew What These Misunderstood Songs Were Really About

‘Feel it Still’ – Portugal. The Man

While California band Portugal. The Man’S 2017 hit single may initially sound like an ode to singer John Gourley’s young daughter, the song was actually written from a less personal, much more political place. In a 2017 interview, Gourley explained, “It’s another one of those lyrics that just kind of seeps in.

With all the talk right now, of building a wall at our borders and the Berlin Wall, it was so much just like the image that you had in your head growing up that these people are separated by a wall, and why do we need that?”