I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You) sees Mayer singing about a past relationship “ No, I’m not the man I used to be lately / See you met me at an interesting time/And if my past is a sign of your future/You should be warned before I let you inside”. Musical features such as the R&B drum beats and the Hendrix inspired guitar licks proves that this is the sound Mayer was always destined to have. It is evident that Mayer has started to address more serious themes as opposed to the teenage-angst topics that were explored in his previous work. He expresses his frustration on his generation’s inaction to challenge the status quo “ Now we see everything that’s going wrong /With the world and those who lead it/We just feel like we don’t have the means/To rise above and beat it. Opener Waiting on the World to Change is Mayer’s analysis on the current state of politics. The burning question is would these genres translate well into his previous pop orientated sound? However his third album Continuum would lean heavily towards more blues and soul influences. In 2006, John Mayer had already established his musical career quite comfortably with two successful pop rock albums to his name.
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