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hardparadeHI. FIRST OF ALL, I wrote that fic last night, right, posted it at 3am and then went straight to sleep. And I woke up this morning to over twenty incredible comments and I basically haven't stopped smiling all day. You are all so wonderful, thank you. ♥ I can't even SAY how happy I am about the fact that everyone just seemed to GET everything I was trying to say.
And right...this is probably going to be a bit of a weird post? Basically I have all these songs that keep making me think of the Jonas Brothers (Joe and Nick specifically WHAT A SURPRISE) and like...I feel like my thoughts aren't organised enough about them to make a fanmix, but I still want to share them. And talk about them. I DON'T KNOW WHY, STOP JUDGING ME.
Obviously if we ignore the whole Kings of Leon thing 'cause that's probably pretty much covered by now, it all started with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
expastic mentioning 'Hair Down' by the Cold War Kids, which has this one bit which ALWAYS makes me think of Joe:
It might actually be 'Roman' not 'woman', idk. But yes! Basically self-explanatory. And like...as much as I like to believe the Jonas Brothers are virgins and are happy with that...it just, must be difficult. And somehow I think Joe must find it the hardest.
'Coconut Skins' by Damien Rice is just like—really, I don't even know but it reminds me of them SO MUCH:
Asking everyone's permission before making decisions. And like...the whole song just seems to put into words everything I feel about them maybe sometimes wanting to break away from Disney and their parents and everything. 'Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins' really makes me think of Joe/Nick obviously.
And the bit at the end makes me think of the 'purity' thing, the pressure and the want that doesn't always have to do with just being horny or whatever, but just wanting to be able to have that physical closeness with someone you love because HI, SEX IS NOT DIRTY AND SINFUL. And they're just not allowed to experience any of it. Like...'or you can wait for ages' and 'but time is contagious, and everybody's getting old'. IT JUST FITS SO WELL IDEK.
Death Cab For Cutie's 'Soul Meets Body' has a few personal connections for me so it's harder for me to relate it to someone else but there's just certain parts of it:
It has this whole feeling of like, getting away from stuff and having that one important person with you. And also sins, again? The idea of needing to cleanse yourself, and having thoughts that aren't suitable for the place/position you're in. And the 'there are roads left in both of our shoes/but if the silence takes you/then I hope it takes me too' makes me think of the idea of them not being able to play music forever. Like, they believe they'll be able to but if they can't, they'll be there for each other. And then the last bit...brown eyes, references to music again. So lovely. ♥
And then there's 'Insomnia' by Electric President:
I like the whole 'insomnia' idea of it because even though the JoBros have RIDICULOUS SCHEDULES and must be exhausted at the end of the day, I also imagine it must be incredibly difficult to wind down. 'The bright-eyed choke on ambition' just makes me think of Nick, idk, and 'the young ones are busy destroying their names' kind of describes how the Jonas Brothers (and Disney stars in general) are compared to other young stars who go out and get involved in ~scandals~ and everything. And the last bit, to me, is SO. JOE. Like, I don't even have words. That may as well have been written FOR him.
Ladytron's 'Burning Up', too, and YOU KNOW WHAT, I literally only realised just now that that's actually what it's called. I'm observant.
Very Joe/Nick to me. Again about writing songs...and 'so many things we're burning for' for is just kind of perfect, really. Even more so now that I've realised the connection with an ACTUAL JONAS BROTHERS SONG.
'Young Pilgrims' by The Shins doesn't work completely, but again, some bits of it:
OHHH SO MANY THOUGHTS. The first bit? Is just...kind of a personal Joe/Nick thing for me. I have this kind of creepy embarrassing feeling that if soulmates exist, Joe and Nick are totally each other's. And like...it honestly makes me a bit sad sometimes. So it's kind of like...okay, a 'fatal flaw' of love, that they've been made to be brothers instead of unrelated people who can fall in love without judgement etc. HI I'M A BIG WEIRDO.
And then the next bit is very religion-y to me. The song makes me think of Nick, basically. The last bit ESPECIALLY, OH GOD. This like...sums up the Nick in the fic I just wrote. He has this part of him that just wants to throw it all away and start again and do what he WANTS, so he has to learn (fast) to stay in control of that. OHGOD.
'14 Forever' by Stars is...well, like, basically it doesn't work except for this one tiny bit:
Which has made me think of the Disney kids for AGES. It's actually in the keywords for one of my Demi icons I think. It makes me sad, but...it's just so true. D: The song's actually talking about it like, an audience at a concert I think.
'Echo' by The Hush Sound:
If 'you are the brick, I am so unpredictable' isn't a perfect description of Nick and Joe, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
'Hell is Round the Corner' by Tricky again doesn't fit particularly well, but a couple of lines:
'We're living on a skelter'. Perfect. And the next bit's like, a bit over the top obviously, but still. And growing 'collective'? I remember this interview where Kevin was asked questions first and the reporter pointed out that even though he was ALONE he always spoke in the plural because that's what he was so used to. And Joe's brain totally behaves like a bomb. And Nick is totally a 'calm type'.
Aaaand lastly, 'Do the Whirlwind' by Architecture in Helsinki:
'He quivers when he hears your song'!! So Joe/Nick. And being confused about right and wrong, and just...just the whole thing, I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
I feel like there must be even more songs that remind me of them but this is what I have right now. I want to write fic based on these, I want to do a fanmix or a ficmix, I don't even know, but I really needed to like...EXPLAIN, in the way you kind of can't with just a fanmix. Idk. Does anyone have any lyrics to add?!
I totally would have uploaded all these songs for you guys btw if I was on my computer that holds my music. :(
And right...this is probably going to be a bit of a weird post? Basically I have all these songs that keep making me think of the Jonas Brothers (Joe and Nick specifically WHAT A SURPRISE) and like...I feel like my thoughts aren't organised enough about them to make a fanmix, but I still want to share them. And talk about them. I DON'T KNOW WHY, STOP JUDGING ME.
Obviously if we ignore the whole Kings of Leon thing 'cause that's probably pretty much covered by now, it all started with
expastic mentioning 'Hair Down' by the Cold War Kids, which has this one bit which ALWAYS makes me think of Joe:now our pockets are shallow
our quart running low
i saw they're empty but i'm just a fool
a woman in the kitchen told me
that true love it waits
but of all the rules he lives by
that's the one that he hates
It might actually be 'Roman' not 'woman', idk. But yes! Basically self-explanatory. And like...as much as I like to believe the Jonas Brothers are virgins and are happy with that...it just, must be difficult. And somehow I think Joe must find it the hardest.
'Coconut Skins' by Damien Rice is just like—really, I don't even know but it reminds me of them SO MUCH:
or you can brave decisions before you crumble up inside
spend your time asking everyone else's permission
then run away and hide
you can sit on chimneys, put some fire up your ass
no need to know what you're doing or waiting for
but if anyone should ask
tell them i've been lickin' coconut skins
and we've been hanging out
tell them god just dropped by to forgive our sins
and relieve us our doubt
you can hold her eggs, but your basket has a hole
you can lie between her legs and go looking for
tell her you're searchin' for her soul
or you can wait for ages, watch your compost turn to coal
but time is contagious, and everybody's getting old
Asking everyone's permission before making decisions. And like...the whole song just seems to put into words everything I feel about them maybe sometimes wanting to break away from Disney and their parents and everything. 'Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins' really makes me think of Joe/Nick obviously.
And the bit at the end makes me think of the 'purity' thing, the pressure and the want that doesn't always have to do with just being horny or whatever, but just wanting to be able to have that physical closeness with someone you love because HI, SEX IS NOT DIRTY AND SINFUL. And they're just not allowed to experience any of it. Like...'or you can wait for ages' and 'but time is contagious, and everybody's getting old'. IT JUST FITS SO WELL IDEK.
Death Cab For Cutie's 'Soul Meets Body' has a few personal connections for me so it's harder for me to relate it to someone else but there's just certain parts of it:
i want to live where soul meets body
and let the sun wrap its arms around me
and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
and feel, feel what it's like to be new
because in my head there's a greyhound station
where i send my thoughts to far-off destinations
so they may have a chance of finding a place
where they're far more suited than here
i cannot guess what we'll discover
when we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
but i know our filthy hands can wash one another's
and not one speck will remain
i do believe it's true
that there are roads left in both of our shoes
but if the silence takes you
then i hope it takes me too
so, brown eyes, i'll hold you near
because you're the only song i want to hear
a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
It has this whole feeling of like, getting away from stuff and having that one important person with you. And also sins, again? The idea of needing to cleanse yourself, and having thoughts that aren't suitable for the place/position you're in. And the 'there are roads left in both of our shoes/but if the silence takes you/then I hope it takes me too' makes me think of the idea of them not being able to play music forever. Like, they believe they'll be able to but if they can't, they'll be there for each other. And then the last bit...brown eyes, references to music again. So lovely. ♥
And then there's 'Insomnia' by Electric President:
there's a light bulb dangling from string
it's slowly swaying up over my head now
as i jot down the words that'll never be sung
and wait for my headache to numb
and the wind sounds as if the world's sighing
and the moon's just a torn fingernail
as the tv flickers and hums by the wall
and i wait for my eyesight to fade
and the bright-eyed choke on ambition
and the old folks circle their graves
and the young ones are busy destroying their names
and you're still just wasting away
i'm a headcase if i don't keep moving
and my head hurts if i don't sit still
it's an itch that i'll never stop scratching
it's a hole that i'll never quite fill
I like the whole 'insomnia' idea of it because even though the JoBros have RIDICULOUS SCHEDULES and must be exhausted at the end of the day, I also imagine it must be incredibly difficult to wind down. 'The bright-eyed choke on ambition' just makes me think of Nick, idk, and 'the young ones are busy destroying their names' kind of describes how the Jonas Brothers (and Disney stars in general) are compared to other young stars who go out and get involved in ~scandals~ and everything. And the last bit, to me, is SO. JOE. Like, I don't even have words. That may as well have been written FOR him.
Ladytron's 'Burning Up', too, and YOU KNOW WHAT, I literally only realised just now that that's actually what it's called. I'm observant.
i wrote a protest song about you, about you
set off on a long march without you, without you
i wrote a protest song about you, about you
about what's left that lies between us, i'm walking
so many things we're burning for
i set myself on fire without you, without you
i wrote a song about you, about you
that not a soul was meant to hear, except you
i wrote a protest song about you, about you
i cheated gravity to chase you, to chase you
and through the burning space between us, you're falling
you have a long way to fall
i set myself on fire without you
i wrote a song about you, about you
that not a soul was meant to hear, except you
so many things we're burning for
Very Joe/Nick to me. Again about writing songs...and 'so many things we're burning for' for is just kind of perfect, really. Even more so now that I've realised the connection with an ACTUAL JONAS BROTHERS SONG.
'Young Pilgrims' by The Shins doesn't work completely, but again, some bits of it:
i find a fatal flaw
in the logic of love
and go out of my head
of course i was raised to
gather courage from those
lofty tales so tried and true, but
if you're able i'd suggest it, 'cause this
modern thought can get the best of you
but i learned fast how to
keep my head up 'cause i
know there is this side of me that
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot
and just fly the whole mess into the sea
OHHH SO MANY THOUGHTS. The first bit? Is just...kind of a personal Joe/Nick thing for me. I have this kind of creepy embarrassing feeling that if soulmates exist, Joe and Nick are totally each other's. And like...it honestly makes me a bit sad sometimes. So it's kind of like...okay, a 'fatal flaw' of love, that they've been made to be brothers instead of unrelated people who can fall in love without judgement etc. HI I'M A BIG WEIRDO.
And then the next bit is very religion-y to me. The song makes me think of Nick, basically. The last bit ESPECIALLY, OH GOD. This like...sums up the Nick in the fic I just wrote. He has this part of him that just wants to throw it all away and start again and do what he WANTS, so he has to learn (fast) to stay in control of that. OHGOD.
'14 Forever' by Stars is...well, like, basically it doesn't work except for this one tiny bit:
and if sometimes the kids all seem a little sad
it's 'cause they're saying goodbye to the youth they think they had
Which has made me think of the Disney kids for AGES. It's actually in the keywords for one of my Demi icons I think. It makes me sad, but...it's just so true. D: The song's actually talking about it like, an audience at a concert I think.
'Echo' by The Hush Sound:
you are the lighthouse, the seamark
the tempests created this tide
i'm pulled to the black silver ocean
where the current and the heavens collide
you are the brick
i am so unpredictable
led by the current away
your solid stage is so necessary to save
all those who stray
you are the navigator who never could lead
we were lost in the silver sea
i was the ship who was too proud to ever sink
i am your thought but the water is amnesia
my name is on the tip of your tongue
my image is slipping
but your memory is gripping it
this is my breath in your lungs
you are the navigator who never could lead
we were lost in the silver sea
i was the ship who was too proud to ever sink
If 'you are the brick, I am so unpredictable' isn't a perfect description of Nick and Joe, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
'Hell is Round the Corner' by Tricky again doesn't fit particularly well, but a couple of lines:
hell is round the corner where i shelter
isms and schisms, we're living on a skelter
lobotomy ensures my good behavior
the constant struggle ensures my insanity
passing the indifference ensures the struggle for my family
and as i grow, i grow collective
my brain thinks bomb-like
so i listen, he's a calm type
'We're living on a skelter'. Perfect. And the next bit's like, a bit over the top obviously, but still. And growing 'collective'? I remember this interview where Kevin was asked questions first and the reporter pointed out that even though he was ALONE he always spoke in the plural because that's what he was so used to. And Joe's brain totally behaves like a bomb. And Nick is totally a 'calm type'.
Aaaand lastly, 'Do the Whirlwind' by Architecture in Helsinki:
do the whirlwind, and carry the hope that stings all night long
don't abandon him, 'cause his quivers when he hears your song
believe me, it's safe to see
at least be confused about right and wrong
learn to settle down, over the moon, under the sun
do the whirlwind, and shotgun the seat that beats hanging on
to the ones you love, to keep keepin' sleepin' dreamin' on
folks given up under the quivers and lines
you do the whirlwind, don't abandon
get a handle of yourself, son
'He quivers when he hears your song'!! So Joe/Nick. And being confused about right and wrong, and just...just the whole thing, I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
I feel like there must be even more songs that remind me of them but this is what I have right now. I want to write fic based on these, I want to do a fanmix or a ficmix, I don't even know, but I really needed to like...EXPLAIN, in the way you kind of can't with just a fanmix. Idk. Does anyone have any lyrics to add?!
I totally would have uploaded all these songs for you guys btw if I was on my computer that holds my music. :(
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Date: 2009-04-16 09:16 pm (UTC)Anyway. OMG. These sooooooooooooongs <3 I've been trying to make a playlist for like, ever of these two. I might have to do my own little fanmix but these SONGS, BB. PERFECT.
(Going to read your fic and also NO, I DO NOT HAVE A LARGER VERSION OF THAT PICTURE D:)
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Date: 2009-04-17 05:54 pm (UTC)I'm glad you agree with/just generally like the songs!! THEY REALLY ARE SO PERFECT. I do want to do a little fanmix or something but I feel like the songs are a bit all over the place and don't link together well or something. I DON'T KNOW.
(Aw, it's okay. Sorry to NAG and everything. I just--I want it so much. D: I WILL KEEP SEARCHING.)
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Date: 2009-04-17 07:12 pm (UTC)OH MAN. I would die to have a Nick/Joe fanmix on my iPod. It would be amazing. ANDI KIND OF WANT TO DO ONE?
(WHICH PIC IS IT? I have one last hope that I can find it via an eljay comm...)
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Date: 2009-04-17 07:15 pm (UTC)This!! I don't even know if it's from a photoshoot or it's just a really awesome candid/picture from an event. BUT I NEED IT AND THERE ARE SO MANY PHOTOS IN THE WORLD TO SORT THROUGH. D:
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Date: 2009-04-16 10:02 pm (UTC)Like, you have no idea.
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Date: 2009-04-17 01:28 am (UTC)So it's kind of like...okay, a 'fatal flaw' of love, that they've been made to be brothers instead of unrelated people who can fall in love without judgement etc.
Because, yeah. OH THEM. D:
THIS WAS FASCINATING. IF I THINK OF ANY LYRICS I WILL LET YOU KNOOOW.
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Date: 2009-04-17 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 06:16 pm (UTC)OH HEY, I WAS LISTENING TO FALL OUT BOY ON THE WAY TO CLASS THIS MORNING AND THIS CAME UP:
Sometimes I wanna quit this all and become an accountant now
But I'm no good at math and besides the dollar is down
Plant palm trees on Lake Michigan before it gets cold
I gotta feel the wind chill again before I get old
I wanna scream 'I love you' from the top of my lungs
But I'm afraid that someone else will hear me
You can only blame your problems on the world for so long
Before it all becomes the same old song
As soon as we hit the hospital I know we're gonna leave this town
And get new passports and get get get get get out now
And now all I want to do is write a long, epic, kind of angsty story about how Nick and Joe just, like, run away. I dunno how they'd get away with it, but it's ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT. HAHA.
(I was going to make a separate post for this but MY FLIST PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET IT, AND I FIGURED YOU WOULD APPRECIATE MY ~THOUGHTS. *_* )
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Date: 2009-04-17 06:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 07:06 pm (UTC)Yeah, exactly. There's just so much constant, constant pressure to be awesome and perfect. And they just. They want to be with each other and they CAN'T BE and they just want to go somewhere they can. So they leave.
IF I COULD FIGURE OUT A LOGISTICALLY POSSIBLE WAY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, I WOULD WRITE IT. SIGH.
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Date: 2009-04-17 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 07:18 pm (UTC)THAT'S HOW I WAS GOING TO DO IT. I want to write this elaborate thing where they like, TAKE GARBO'S CAR OR SOMETHING and withdraw a bunch of cash from the bank so they don't need to use credit cards and stay at cheap motels and shit and try to hide for awhile. AND MAYBE THEY CALL THEIR PARENTS FROM PAYPHONES TO LET THEM KNOW THEY WEREN'T KIDNAPPED.
I feel like it has the potential to be silly but if I DO IT RIGHT it could have that perfect balance of ANGST AND ESCAPISM AND IT WON'T BE SILLY AT ALL. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT. HAHA.
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Date: 2009-04-17 07:34 pm (UTC)And Papa Jonas would be doing EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER to keep the media from finding out, but he doesn't want everything to fall apart so Kevin has to go to a few interviews and stuff alone and then the rumours start flying?!
OMG THIS WOULD BE EPIC I NEED TO STOP BEING SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. Like, I reeeally don't want to intrude, you know? But if you are really worried about writing it I would totally encourage you, discuss ideas, co-write it, anything! ♥
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Date: 2009-04-17 08:54 pm (UTC)YEAH. Like, I want them to call home because that's just the way they ARE but if they are so fed up that they're running away in the first place? I'm not sure they'd want to. But they also wouldn't want to start a media STORM so I definitely see them leaving a NOTE for Kevin or something.
OH GOD YES, AND POOR KEVIN IS ALL ALONE.
I would definitely be up for discussing and/or co-writing!!!! :D :D :D
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Date: 2009-04-17 09:32 pm (UTC)I'm totally adding you on AIM. :) I'm likecharity6!
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Date: 2009-04-16 10:20 pm (UTC)I just...whatever. I say that a lot and it starts to lose its meaning. BUT I OFFICIALLY WANT SOMEONE TO MAKE A JOE/NICK FANMIX. IDC IF THAT'S WEIRD.
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Date: 2009-04-17 06:04 pm (UTC)A fanmix definitely needs to be made. I will think about it for sure.
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Date: 2009-04-16 11:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 06:05 pm (UTC)LOL borderline asexual. Actually I kind of agree? I'm like, SURE that he's gay, but he must be so insanely repressed that it's hard for him to feel like he has any sexuality at all. D:
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Date: 2009-04-18 06:40 pm (UTC)Not gonna lie, most of these don't make sense...
Date: 2009-04-17 12:17 am (UTC)Little Brother by Grizzly Bear
Wide eyed and up in arms, my little brother was a solemn one
He always had his quiet corner
Pride of my countrymen, my little brother will be born again
Just give us back our quiet corner
Now go back to the other side of my bed
I'll go back to the place where you get started
And I'll sleep, just put the pillows under my head
This is another song that reminds me of Joe/Nick, but, er the kind of sexier dirty fandom side of them? I am a bad person what can I say?
TBTF by Kevin Drew
(TBTF = Too Beautiful to Fuck)
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
slice my eyes
took me through another night that goes all night through
tries to sieze what their hearts have lost
my best friend took me in
and laid me down beside my own sin
and I said "can you
please forgive the love?"
I had an entirely too long conversation about how this song is basically Nick talking to Joe about Camilla and how he feels about her:
Favourite - Neko Case
oh, lie
I thought you were golden
I thought you were wise
caught you returning
to the house you caught fire
but I know that I was your favorite
and I said amen
wise, found favorin' heaven
and I at your side
but I never felt sorry
for those shimmering lies
when I laid down and cried
I was faking
and I said amen
Okay, last one, I promise. It doesn't really make much sense, but I dunno. Whenver I heard this song I always picture it like the song Joe kind of half-hummed/sang to Nick in the hospital after the diabetes diagnosis in the really early morning when they're just alone and they're just coming to terms with what it all means. There's no reason I think it, it's just the connection I made.
Serenade by Emilíana Torrini
For the dark finds ways of being
Engraved in the light
And the heart bears indentations
Of yesterdays hurting child
The now we will run with smiles
The morrow will heal the night so
Morning comes
Midnight make fast with the sun
I can hear my name be reborn
On the cloud within the sky beneath the dawn
Oh I
Serenade the dawn
Re: Not gonna lie, most of these don't make sense...
Date: 2009-04-17 06:08 pm (UTC)*calms self* These are so awesome though, they make sense to me, idk?! The first one. The first oneeee. ♥ And TBTF totally works! I never thought of it before. And Nick talking to Joe about Camilla and how he feels about her, YES.
the song Joe kind of half-hummed/sang to Nick in the hospital after the diabetes diagnosis in the really early morning when they're just alone and they're just coming to terms with what it all means.
OH. My heart. WHY DO THEY DO THIS TO MY HEART.
Downloadiiiing, thank you. ♥
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Date: 2009-04-19 03:08 pm (UTC)ALSO I HAVE SPENT ALL DAY LISTENING TO "SEX ON FIRE" AND SOMEHOW I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY YOUR FAULT.
YOUR FAULT.
AAAAAAHHH
Re: Not gonna lie, most of these don't make sense...
Date: 2009-04-19 04:24 pm (UTC)And yayyy Sex On Fire! KEEP LISTENING. I really can't seem to stop listening to them in general, it's beginning to worry me.
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