Sometimes you talk to people and they seem to not even care. One carries on a conversation and tries to be their normal, upbeat self. Then you look at the person you are talking to and it's like you've been talking to an unconscious, uncommunicative dead rodent or something. No change in mood, no interest in tone. Just an open mouth and a yawn of personality that seeps out through their ever depressed ghastly noise hole. Is there ever something more horrific than this to deal with? It makes every word you say sound exponentially more annoying. It's like your voice is an audible cattle prod and the iron just keeps getting hotter, driving this lifeless soul further into it's depths. Granted, depression and self loathing are two very serious things to deal with, and everybody has their shitty fuck-off days to the rest of the world. I've been there myself. But what the hell people? There's being depressed, then there's letting it spread like an airborne infection to everyone that's around you. This is unfair behavior in my opinion. I do my best to not let it affect my day but sometimes the anger is too much, and I feel worse off as a result.
This reminds me of a song by the Riverdales called "You Know You Do" off their most recent LP - Tarantula. The lyrics talk about the poor sad girl we've all had to deal with and how she just can't pick herself up and be a normal functioning member of society. Lines state-
Won't you pick up your feet
Won't you walk down the street
Like the big girls do, oh
You'll miss me when I'm gone
Will you tell me what's wrong
Cuz you, know you, want to
You know you do
Hold your head up so high
Look at me in the eye
Like the bad girls do, oh
Don't be crying instead
Tell me what's in your head
Cuz you, know you, want to
You know you do
These words mean more every time I encounter someone with these problems. Girls run the world, why are they always so tortured? Maybe I am just an annoying little brat who should leave them alone, who knows. Probably the latter.
Either way you all should totally check out the lp
Tarantula because it totally has some great Ramonesy pop punk. I'm sure you know all about them but it's half of Screeching Weasel. Buy it too cuz Ben needs to make up for people bailing on Weaselfest somehow.
