mix: you smell like car exhaust
you smell like car exhaust:
if we're going to do this, we might as well do it wrong
(a choose-your-own-adventure guide for summer flings rooted in mutual admiration of things like cigarettes, crowded bars and bad-decision making)
one day you realize he's really sort of ridiculously hot, so there's that, and then there's stuff like curiosity that starts to build:
les os, the unicorns
or, there is that first handshake and something inside of you sinks on instinct (you swear it's in a good way) and you know, you know, you know:
wrecking ball, interpol
(spoiler alert: you fall in love -
- and it lasts:
body addict, pravda
- or, maybe, you both fail, fall arrives and imagination always served you, him, everyone you ever met, better:
modern romance, the low lows)
you fuck:
hook and line, the kills
or, you don't:
if you don't take me right away you might as well fuck off, strip squad
you skip down streets in light sundresses and hum silly pop songs and your lips still buzz (a little):
gimme some, nina simone
or, he finishes whiskey and you champion vodka:
honeybear, yeah yeah yeahs
he's a disappointment (you want him all the more):
fine young cannibals, wolf parade
or, he's a disappointment - so you walk away:
orphans (feat cat power), beck
you can both play on your best behavior and eat at nice italian restaurants and sometimes you hold hands:
romeo & juliet, the killers
or, you can ruin each other's lives:
stadiums and shrines ii, sunset rubdown
(you give this way too much thought:
sentimental heart, she & him
or, you don't hold your breath but you dive in anyway:
leave the earth behind you and take a walk into the sunshine, ballboy)
image by rj shaughnessy