Number one with a bullet.
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly, off the coast and I'm heading nowhere.
"Brick", BEN FOLDS FIVE
I, I don't know what to do with you 'cause you don't know what you do to me.
"Beating Heart Baby", HEAD AUTOMATICA
I hope you choke on those words, that kiss, that bottle -- I confess (so bury me in memory).
"Tell That Mick...", FALL OUT BOY
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Songs by these bands, plus those by Damien Rice, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, and Snow Patrol, are all I've been playing lately, give or take a few songs*. I've just been enjoying them so much more lately because finally, I can claim them to be solely mine again and not attached to certain memories or a certain someone.
*Give These a Listen, Please: ... "Rebellion (Lies)", ARCADE FIRE... "L-L-Love", ASTAIRE... "One Thousand Paper Cranes", MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK... "If You Want... I Might", HELLOGOODBYE... "Living in America (The Andy Wallace Mix)", THE SOUNDS... "Diamonds", KANYE WEST... "Hey Pretty", POE... "Porcelain", MOBY... "Me and Mia", TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS, "Constellations", JACK JOHNSON... "Lua", BRIGHT EYES... "Burning in the Sun", BLUE MERLE... "This is the Part", GRATITUDE
Oh, and my roommate had me watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last night. Completely worth the lost hours of sleep.