May 2013
7 posts
The demand for perfection
is always a sign of a
misunderstanding of the
ends...
– John Ruskin
That’s acid rap,
we killed the track
You had your chance
– Favorite Song- Chance the Rapper (feat. Childish Gambino)
April 2013
5 posts
Grant me this courtesy;
let this be dead to me.
It’s easy when my eyes...
– Only Words- Paper Route
can you place yourself in a moment’s notice,
in my situation?...
– Second Chances- Paper Route
And if you’re still breathing, you’re the lucky ones.
‘Cause...
– Daughter- Youth
I play it cool but it’s hard to be (All my trust)
Is slowly burning...
– You Be Tails, I’ll Be Sonic- ADTR
March 2013
13 posts
Damn My Life: Thin Line- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Same city, yeah, we can’t break up Nice mask on, wear the same one The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup I wear war paint, fight to the casket Too tired to apologize on this mattress Emotional detachment – what’s the matter? She’s learning that she never should have Dated a rapper I don’t blame her, my mind is gone I’m at dinner,...
Fuck a fake friend, where your real friends at?
We don’t like to do too much...
– Started From the Bottom- Drake
If you don’t know just where you are
Then slowly step away before we get...
– Haley- NEEDTOBREATHE
Sometimes I wish you knew how I keep living for you
A friend is only a love you...
– Rachel and Cali- Damien Jurado
On a Damien kick: Who-da-thunk
REEL TO REEL
YOU’RE AN ESCAPE ARTIST IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR AND THE AUTOGRAPH SEEKERS YOU’VE IMAGINED OUTSIDE THE DOOR “YES, WE’D LIKE A STATEMENT IS IT TRUE YOU’RE NOW ESCAPING YOUR ROOM?” FROM THE LIGHT OUT IN THE BASEMENT WE KNEW THAT THERE’D BE TROUBLE COMING SOON INTUITION MATHEMATICS INVISIBLE AUDIENCE TEN HIT RECORDS LISTEN THROUGH YOUR...
My Life as of Now: Working Titles by Damien Jurado
You could mess up my life in a poem Have me divorced by the time of the chorus Theres no need to change any sentence When you always decide where I go next Many nights you would hide from the audience When they were not in tune with your progress In the end you are like the journalist Who turns what you sing into business You could use to be more like a hero A darker shade of damage distortion...
I turned around to love revealing,
What did I learn? It’s not that easy,...
– Damien Jurado
February 2013
20 posts
It’s never enough to get something and I wish I could say that I was...
– Keep Walkin’- Macklemore
When it all goes quiet behind my eyes, I see everything that made me lying...
– Beasts of the Southern Wild- Hushpuppy
Everybody loses the thing that made them. It’s even how it’s...
– Beasts of the Southern Wild- Hushpuppy
lankygiraffe:
blacks
padawan braid
nosering
noog
sunny
exploring with gower
dad.
things I miss
We the twisted limbs,
the interlocking passions,
the snaking fingers.
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
But our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less...
– Pork Chop
Sometimes being drugfree has less to do with addiction and more to do with...
– Pork Chop-
http://www.upworthy.com/bullies-called-him-pork-chop-he-took-that-pain-with-him-and-then-cooked-it-into
And when they came before the king
By one, by 2 and by 3
Willie should have...
– Willie Of Winsbury- Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
Clenched fists held above me
You will never bring me to my knees
I said...
– You Already Know That- ADTR
January 2013
3 posts
I am a sinner who’s probably gonna sin again
Lord forgive me, Lord...
– Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe- Kendrick Lamar
November 2012
3 posts