The World At Large - Modest Mouse

Sometimes a certain song just feels... right.

Today, that song is The World At Large by Modest Mouse.



"Ice-age, heat wave, can't complain.
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Walked away to another plan.
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.

I move on to another day,
To a whole new town with a whole new way.
Went to the porch to have a thought,
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop.

You don't know where, and you don't know when.
But you've still got your words and you've got your friends.
Walk along to another day.
Work a little harder; work another way.

Well, uh-uh, baby, I ain't got no plan.
We'll float on maybe. Would you understand?
Gonna float on maybe. Would you understand?
Well, I'll float on maybe. Would you understand?

The days get shorter, and the nights get cold.
I like the autumn, but this place is getting old.
I pack up my belongings, and I head for the coast.
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.

The days get longer, and the nights smell green.
I guess it's not surprising, but it's Spring and I should leave.

I like songs about drifters - books about the same.
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
Walked on off to another spot.
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want.

Did I want love? Did I need to know?
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

The moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
Adding their breeze to the summer nights.
Outside, water like air was great.
I didn't know what I had that day.

Walk a little farther to another plan.
You said that you did, but you didn't understand.

I know that starting over is not what life's about.
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud..."

Music Music Music...

Here are some songs I've enjoyed listening to lately:


No One's Gonna Love You - Band of Horses




No Intention - The Dirty Projectors




I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance - Black Kids

(This video is pretty awesome too.)




Love The Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rihanna

(EXPLICIT. It's got a really good motto, though.)



I suppose that's all for now. More will come!

A Perfect Liar

So... I think... this is going to be an excerpt from a short story... "A Perfect Liar."... that pulls inspiration from a dark mind filled with murdered memories. As it is, this is just a page of rambling that I wrote several months ago. Maybe someday it will hold meaning, though.

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“Where did he go?”

Look out of the classroom. The sun just began to shine. Strange, because inside your mind, everything is overcast. The world has gone grey. It’s not raining. It’s not thundering. Just grey. Not night, not that dark. Just grey. Not cold. Not warm. Just grey.

You couldn’t explain why, because you don’t know what happened. You don’t know what upset him so… You don’t truly understand why he trusted a boy with a tattoo more than you. You. Someone he has said he loves. But then again, why do you trust him?

You know he’s lied to you. You know he is a self-proclaimed dick. You know of his hypocrisies and his disbelief. Or, his belief in lies. What irony. He has put faith in being unfaithful; he has put trust in being untrustworthy. Then again, so did you.

Fine irony. And what a perfect liar. You must be your own perfect match. Applaud yourself. Receive a pat from me for your back. You made love with truth in a bed of lies. How modern you must be. How intelligent. How mentally lost and unkind. “No.” No? There is no such thing as a kind lie. You are hurting yourself and everyone else by saying there is.

Look! See?

Deceiver. Hater. Hurter. Killer. Rapist.

You know the truth. Start speaking it. Look! Even now your own mind has found it. Found its way back to your little “problem”. The thing you pretend to have overcome.

LIAR. Why else would it come back to this? You started with thinking about him, but it’s NOT about him. It’s always about you.

HATER. He deserves more than you. So much more. You are the problem.

HURTER. You hurt him.

KILLER. You killed him.

RAPIST. So long ago… Do you remember? “NO.” NO???...

… Liar.