Mike, the Beatles didn't write artful songs around the time of She Loves You. It's well known that after hearing Dylan they realized their songs were meaningless fluff and deepened them. as writers they were much prouder of songs like Eleanor Rigby and Strawberry Fields than She Loves You.

I wouldn't call Jason's lyrics deceptively simple, I'd call them simplistic...but that's a judgement call. I'd like to see the descriptive language in the incubus song...which one is it? I'm glad you learned about meter from jason...I learned it from Springsteen, Dylan, Neil, the Beatles, the Band and others.

what story song of yours would you recommend I listen to see how jason helped you?

Nashville demos etc:

https://www.soundclick.com/bands3/default.cfm?bandID=431939

other demos:

https://soundcloud.com/wabash-cannibal

Amazon Kindle books by Robert George you may enjoy:

1) Americana

2) Teenage Graceland

3) The Will to Be

4) Fort Mystery

5) Wheel Sea

6) My One True Love