you'd never believe the shitty thoughts i think. all of conversation 16. all of slow show. except the lovely bits. i'm not in love :(. I LOVE YOU, THE NATIONAL.

YOU WILL BEAT THIS STARTING NOW AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND

i can't be the only one who automatically thinks 'did you ever think that you would be this blessed?' is about the whole 'suffering as blessing' teaching in christianity? i love how bitter it is.

i FINALLY GET 'at the gates, does thomas ask to see my hands?' like, it's revenge for all the doubting HE'S done. like, did you die? did you write his name on your wrists in stigmata?

also, i feel like brand new write about me better than i do

what if 'i know you're coming for the people like me/but we all got wood and nails and made a hate factory' is about christians and how we are SO FUCKING GOOD at hating people? i assumed it was about sinners and hating jesus but it's SO MUCH BETTER THE OTHER WAY. because really we're nailing up jesus when we do that and aughhhh all my brand new ( Read more... )

oh man, 'you are more' by tenth avenue north is the PERFECTEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG, but 'what he felt to forgive you, and what he felt to make you loved' WHAT THE FUCK NO ARE YOU KIDDING ME? he had to die to love us? no, he died because he loved us. THAT'S FREAKING BIBLICAL, OKAY. 'But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were ( Read more... )

Blessed St. Theresa the whore of Babylon
Madonna and my mother all rolled into one
You've got to understand me, I'm not a piece of wood
Francis of Assisi could never be this good

Sting - St. Augustine In Hell.

dang i love biblical references in songs

especially the whore of babylon ffffff

push me out to sea/on the little boat that you made/out of the other girls - daughter - landfill

hilarious misheard lyrics:

run as fast as you can through this field of cheese (editors - smokers outside the hospital doors. it's actually trees)

misheard 'baby it's like we're walking on a wire'

as

'baby it's like we're fucking all the while'

lol i prefer mine