Office by Alex Penny
Everyday I post a song. Simple as that.
And now my body fades
Behind a brass charade
And I’m obsolete
But if the chance remains
To see those better days
I’d cut the cannons down
My ears are blown to bits
From all the rifle hits
Still I crave that sound
Some years later by a soda coolerator
In the corner store back in my hometown, this stranger smiles at me
He said remember the class of ‘93 and
For some reason it makes him look real proud
After all the good times he said we had he looks at me
Scratches his head and asks me where the hell I ever went and
The funny thing is, I never even knew him
But he could’ve been any one of my high school friends
You’re so the same, but you’re so different
I didn’t recognize you
And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know
My weakness I feel I must finally show
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We’re on our way home
Tell me what you’ve done to yourself
I would like to know
This song sounds like it should be decades old, but the lyrics are so totally 2012.
Love this song!
Second favourite song off of his new album. Again, so relatable.
Now and then I pace my place
I can’t retrace how I got here
I cheat and lie to check my fates
It’s slightly harder than last year
And all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won’t be
Cause one of these days I’ll be born and raised
And it’s such a waste to grow up lonely
I still have dreams, they’re not the same
They don’t fly as high as they used to
My favourite song off of John Mayer’s new album, which was released today. These lyrics really speak to me, being on the cusp of adulthood and all.
Don’t be scared to walk alone
Don’t be scared to like it
Dream your dreams but don’t pretend
Make friends with what you are
Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure, or am I part of the disease?
I keep looking for a place to fit
Where I can speak my mind
I’ve been trying hard to find the people
That I won’t leave behind
They say I got brains
But they ain’t doing me no good
I wish they could
This song has been incredibly popular up here in the Great White North for awhile now. I guess Sir Biebs gave it his royal seal of approval, and everyone’s going gaga for it now in the states too. At first I thought it was awful, but listen to it enough and you won’t be able to stop. My final verdict is it’s pretty decent actually.
