Frontwoman Linda Perry sang about being 25, exhausted by the pain of everyday living, and frustrated by the slow pace of personal and political progress, with the sincerity of someone young enough to keep striving for something better. Impossible to slot neatly into a genre, the track threw ...
After spending its first 1:45 cooly staking the common ground between dream-pop and the dancefloor, Dummy effectively execute the mid-song equivalent of a record-scratch interruption, like someone who got tired of zoning out to My Bloody Valentine’s “Soon” for the thousandth time and opts ...
became an accidental (and somewhat surreal) tribute from Aaliyah to herself upon its posthumous 2002 release. The verses paint it as a clear breakup song, about being left by her college-bound high-school lover — but with a more ambiguous chorus full of heart-tugging lyrics (“It’s been...
The entire filming portion of the night lasted about five hours. Just acting as an “audience member,” that was enough time on my feet to make me exhausted. Yet, even after the extensive shooting, Hozier still stayed longer to give us an actual private concert. He played a couple ...
about being so in love with her partner that she forgets to eat and sleep, building to the penultimate line they all sing, “I wanna be emaciated” — a declaration that the relationship in question may not have been perfect, but it’s better than the alternative. And what about the ...
Well … I’m not talking about the 1961 French film, I’m talking about being absent a long time from my beloved site. No … it’s not that I lost interest, busy schedule or lack of topics to write about. I wandered off; I was simply tired. ...
Now I’m tired just thinking about it. My sister-in-law even suggested: maybe it’s time to find another school. Of something completely different altogether? The idea scares me. Being a teacher was the only future I really saw myself in. Right now, I just want to be home. I fill...
Please know, I am here–I am reading your comments and I know you are out there–I understand the emotional pain you are experiencing as you try to make sense of the confusion and destruction of the spirit that is left behind from a childhood of being diminished and not being able to ...
His eyes, wide and dark and very tired, asked the question. She hesitated. “Well … it takes time to find the gate.” “Stay with me for a while, then.” “But Laren, eventually I must go. I have made promises. You understand?”...
Being the naturally curious scholar that I am, I sent a few scouts to transform those rumors into facts. That was two weeks ago. THALLEOUSAnd what was their report? HAWKENThere was no report! None ever returned! Why do you think that is? THALLEOUSI am not entirely sure- HAWKENThe ...