Current mood:	anxious
Current music:	Straylight Run (the whole album)

What I long NOT to become.
Nonetheless, these are still the best and most affecting lyrics I've heard in a long time. (I typed them up as they appear in the CD booklet, the capitalization on the one verse still kills me.)


IT'S FOR THE BEST - Straylight Run

it takes more time than i’ve ever had
drains the life from me, makes me want to forget
as young as i was, i felt older back then
more disciplined, stronger and certain

BUT I WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF ETERNITY
I WAS SAVED BY GRACE
BUT DESTROYED BY NAIVETY
and i lied to myself and said it was for the best

so now faith is replaced by a logic so cold
i’ve disregarded what i was now that i’m older
and i know much more than i did back then
but the more i learn, the more i can’t understand

and i’ve become content with this life that i lead
where i drink too much
and i don’t believe much of anything
and i lie to myself and say it’s for the best

we’re moving forward but holding ourselves back
and we’re waiting on something that will never come
(and i lie to myself and say it’s for the best)


(And, for what it's worth, the end of "Exstistentialism on Prom Night" sold me on Straylight Run the first time I heard it, and is still absolutely beautiful. You build up this piano-driven emo goodness in the song, build it, build it, build it, and then you end it with the very simple request: "Sing me something soft/Sad and delicate/Or loud and out of key/Sing me anything."

To all those who read this: Please do.)