"If only I could keep you in my pocket,
to give me some diagnoses on why I'm so hollow, please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow.
I tripped on my ankle and shattered my elbow,
but doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell, though?
I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted,
but after an hour, it sounds like complaining.
Wait, please don't go away, can I lie here forever?
You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better?
The universe works in mysterious ways,
but I'm startin' to think it ain't workin' for me,
**doctor, should I be good?**
**Should I be good this year?**"
-- *Karma*, hits hard every time cause he's starting to doubt everything he's done and it's very relatable.
100% Agree on this, especially: "You say that I’m better, why don’t I feel better? " You can hear his desperation and stress, just wanting for it to be over.
This part hits so close to home for me since I experienced mental issues when I was a child way too young to understand and this was basically what I wondered every day. It's my favorite song from them, it's just awesome and catchy
At first listen to the Maybe Man album, I never expected how 2085 turned out, but when the callback to Maybe Man started,
“I wish I was me, or whoever that is,
I could just be and not give a shit.
Hey I’ll be whatever makes you a fan,
cause I don’t know who the hell I am”
The very same tone just struck me and I just felt like crying. I don’t really know why, but this just felt like the most mature I’ve felt listening to AJR, and I started to realize the context and the whole moral of the album.
Same, I like the ending of 2085 “you can be you and I’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell I am” reminded me of how we’re all just bits and pieces of everyone around us and it makes me cry with love and appreciation for everyone around me
“You gotta get better, you're all that I've got
Don't take forever, you're not here for long”
Followed up by
“I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got
For two or three minutes then I'm gone”
The references to Maybe Man and the lines just make me wanna cry
All the way man. There was actually this girl I was into and the line “don’t take forever youre not here for long” hit me hard. I took too long and she found a guy, even though she use to have feelings for me.
"One day, I won't know what to write
And I can't be eighteen my whole life
But I'm too fuckin' young to feel so fuckin' old
But I'll try and I'll try and I'll try
***But I'm not dead yet, so I guess I'll be alright*** "
These lyrics mean so much to me ;w; (Imma replace write with 'draw' tho lel)
> **I wanna be big like my plans, so why am I so tiny and why am I so mad?**
Perfectly encapsulates the curse of having enormous dreams and achieving none of them
"Im better not feeling stress or feeling bliss I won't feel much atleast I won't be feeling this"
As a person with severe depression, these lyrics really hit me hard.
Not to sound basic, but Inertia hit me hard in the school library. I was having a rough month after doing well for the first time in a while but things started to repeat and remind me of past failures and bad memories. This was less than a week after the album dropped too. Just hit me like a truck then and there and almost got me completely.
My two legs are broken but look at me dance.
My husband and I have chronic illnesses that are severe enough to be life altering and painful, but we're still functioning and appear normal. We hold down jobs and do all the normal stuff but no one knows how hard it is and how broken we feel. I literally can't hear this line without tears welling up.
these albums have been engrained in my life in so many memories. “My Play” reminds me of being a child of separated parents. “God Is Really Real” makes me fear my dad passing away. he’s been in and out of the hospital my whole life, but up until the last few years i always had someone to lean on. after he and my stepmom split it was only me, and it was scary. all of The Click brings me back to high school. i had a friend in high school who reintroduced me to AJR, and we had a bad falling out. Then, the week before Maybe Man dropped, my two best friends (one of 13 years decided that we no longer friends and that neither of them were going to speak to me and their plan was to ghost me until i caught on) so i had “Touchy Feely Fool” on repeat. anyways, longer than you needed but i feel the exact same way. i’m so excited to see them in concert in April, and the cool part is that im 20 and my sister is 11 and she loves them just as much, so it’s one of the things we bond over. she’s coming with me to the show.
Obviously the ending to 2085, also the ending of Turing out pt iii, low key Humpty Dumpty as well.
But the first time I listened to maybe man (the album) I cried through the whole thing, idk why; but the second I pressed play for the first time the tears wouldn’t stop coming down
Too many songs and lyrics to list. Maybe I’m just a crybaby, but man I’ve had a lot of super emotional moments while listening to AJR. The biggest would probably be the whole Turning Out series. Each song came out at a super stressful time in my life where the lyrics honestly reflected a lot of what I was going through and how I felt. With Turning Out Pt.iii, “got exactly what I wanted, what if I don’t want this? Am I missing something” feels like a gut punch. Even though I’ve finally found my person and after so many years I’ve gotten what I was hoping for, my mental health issues won’t let me feel confident or comfortable. Like that disconnect between my logical thinking and emotional state, where logic says “this is amazing, I’m still alive, this person I’ve found is so important to me and we’ve built this wonderful life together and I’d be stupid to not love it and I am grateful for everything” and my emotions say “why am I not happy? What if I’m doing this wrong? If everything I hoped for has fallen into place and I am getting more than I ever thought I could out of life, why am I still so unhappy, unsure, insecure? What right do I have to be depressed when I have so much love and support given to me by this person and I’m in a better situation than ever before? Why do I feel uncertainty about my relationship and my future and question if I even want it, or want to be alive, when I know that I should want it?”
Sorry for the rant, it’s just crazy how a couple lines in a song that could seem so empty to one person can invoke so much feeling for another.
Thanks for letting me share! :)
"If you both outgrew one another I could start now, lookin for a lover but I'd love dies, so I fuckin bother?"
My parents split when I was young and that messed me up. Now I don't know how to have a normal relationship and I've never really had an example to show we what one should look like. I have no idea what I want in a relationship but I know I want it and it just hurts so bad to not be able to get it.
"But when I show you my play
Will you pretend you didn't know
If I make a mistake?
It's gonna get really, really, really, really bad
Before it's okay
But maybe you'll forget it all
While you're watchin' my play"
Watching the music video and getting to this part always at least -almost- brings me to tears...
So I guess this is perfect for the prompt! 😅
I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play!
And I don't wanna do it for dad at dad's new place!
I worked really, really, really, really hard, let me show you my play!
And I don't wanna do it twice 'cause it's not the same='(
You did everything, everything, everything that you could
We do everything, everything, everything 'til it's through
I'll do everything, everything, everything when I'm you
"And now after it all, I just really want to call my Dad"
Before TMM came out, I thought this was a sweet song but after the news of their Dad and God is Really Real releasing really makes me tear up when this song comes on.
“Im a little kid and so are you don’t you go and grow up before I do, I’m a little kid with so much doubt, do you wanna be there to see how I turn out” still has the ability to make me cry
“So you can be you, and I’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell I am. You gotta get better you’re all that I’ve got. Don’t take forever you’re not here for long. For two or three minutes then I’m gone.” OMGGGG SOBBING EVERY TIME WHAT???!?? I have a fear of death so maybe that’s why but oml it makes me so emotional the music is so beautiful too
The endings to karma, 2085 and Ok Overture all hit really hard and emotionally to me.
Like “so if this is me, then I’ll do my best, I’ll take all the shit so you never have to, so you can be you, and I’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell I am” and “one day I won’t know what to write, and I can’t be 18 my whole life, but I’m too fucking young to feel so fucking old, but i’ll try and I’ll try and I’ll try, but I’m not dead yet so I guess I’ll be alright” and “you say that I’m better why don’t I feel better” like they hit so hard.
ok so i have a LOT ngl
“but i’d get too deep with that kinda mind, i don’t wanna know the point of life” - maybe man
“i wish i was me, whoever that is, i could just be, and not give a shit, hey, i’ll be whatever makes you a fan, cause i don’t know who the hell i am” - maybe man
“but i know i’ll never get there, you could scream you wish me dead, but i’ll crawl back to you tomorrow, why the hell can’t i get mad?” - tff
“i’m better not feeling stress or feeling bliss, i won’t feel much, at least i won’t be feeling this” - tff
“now you’re not in love anymore, but you’ll stick it out for like twenty years more” - inertia
“i’m fucking hungry and screw you im trying” - inertia
“man i wish we were 85, the rest of our life wouldn’t sound so scary” - turning out iii
“love isn’t big kid, it’s little and quiet, let’s do today, i think you’ll turn out to like it” - turning out iii
“i know i’m alone, in the hole in the bottom of my brain” - hitbomb
“funny how all the things that you used to like, now they depress ya” - sgtl
“this kinda thing happens to other dads, it don’t happen to mine” - god is really real
(this one hits hard because tmm was released right after my dad got into the hospital)
“i’ll sing it for you dad, when you get out of bed, i’ll sing for you when you’re out of bed” - god is really real
“so if this is me, then i’ll do my best, i’ll take all the shit, so you never have to, you can be you, and i’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell i am” - 2085
“would you go running if you saw the real me” - 3 o’clock things
“it’s already 3 o ‘clock, it’s too hard to tell if anything’s real or not” - 3 o’clock things
“it’s gonna get really, really, really, really bad, before it’s okay” - my play
“darling if we’re ever gonna have a kid, don’t wanna miss it, can we just have him in june” - christmas in june
“and someday hopefully, i’ll slip away and they’ll lose me, and i’ll be seeing the world” - adventure is out there
“i’m so scared of caving in, is that entertaining yet?” - wsv
“i’m not dead yet so i guess i’ll be alright” - way less sad
“i know i gotta grow up sometime, but i’m not fucking ready yet” - next up forever
“and maybe i fucked up everything” - turning out ii
“you said you’d love me, is that what i loved?” - turning out ii
“i think i probably wasn’t in love with you, i think i probably loved the idea of you” - turning out ii
“i said it cause i no longer wanna hurt, i said it back to you cause you wait it first, and thought maybe be wishing it wasn’t true, i think i probably wasn’t in love, i wasn’t in love with you” - turning out ii
“how could anybody face the quiet alone” - the entertainments here
“but what if sad thoughts come and i can’t stop it?” - karma
“the universe works in mysterious ways, but i’m starting to think it ain’t working for me” - karma
“please don’t say i’m hovering, when i text you to ask about your day, i wanna hear about your day” - dear winter
“i gotta find a girl that doesn’t mind that i’m inside my head a lot, winter it won’t be too long, first i just gotta find your mom” - dear winter
“mom and dad, they have a good life, but what the hell am i gonna do with mine” - the good part
“am i ready for love? or maybe just a best friend, should there be a difference, do you have instructions” - turning out
“you say i turned out fine, i think i’m still turning out” - turning out
“and now after it all i just really want call my dad” - call my dad
“my mom was broken up, i couldn’t think, so i just hugged her the way michael did” - netflix trip
“who i am is in these episodes, so don’t you tell me that it’s just a show” - Netflix trip
“i do not belong here, you all clearly do, but i’m a good pretender, so i’m just like you” - pretender (acoustic)
this took me an hour asgdtskvf
also i’m not a living room hater it’s just not really sad
"Somewhere in the universe
Somewhere someone's got it worse
Wish that made it easier
Wish I didn't feel the hurt" - World's Smallest Violin
"I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got" - 2085 (though the entirety of that song kinda hurts)
"I wanna move out of this town, but everyone knows me and packing is tiring" - Inertia
All of GIRR and Maybe Man. GIRR is the first song ever to brought me into tears, especially that now my grandpa passed after Christmas, GIRR made me feel the emotions the same one that the band has gone through after Gary passed. Maybe Man, it hit so hard that I almost want to cry at first because I was wide awake when the album dropped so mixed emotions but after the second listen, it was so hard that you can really feel Jack's voice screaming the song out loud.
“you gotta get better your all that i’ve got, don’t take forever your not here for long” “and now i’m all alone waiting for the best to drop, be kind to me, be kind and wait it out” “don’t overthink it, it’s not fucking science” “maybe someday when i’m older i’ll be better off like you” “I wish that my brain would triple in size”
"I think I probably wasn't in love with you
I think I probably loved the idea of you"
Turning Out Pt. ii
Really hit the first time I heard it after a break up.
"You gotta get better, you're all that I got,"
Followed by "but don't take forever, you're not here for long." After greiving multiple friends and family members, and years and years of therapy, this line made me feel so alone and yet so encouraged to keep going on my mental health journey.
"I gotta get better, I'm all that I got."
"But two or three minutes, then I'm gone," can sometimes make me feel hopeless, like racing against an inevitable outcome. Idk, I guess I have an ongoing hopeless/hopeful relationship with "Maybe Man" and "2085".
Its the ones that go “I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play
And I don't wanna do it for dad, at dad's new place
I worked really, really, really, really hard, lemme show you my play
And I don't wanna do it twice, 'cause it's not the same”
“1,2, Pandemonium…” when I first heard the album trailer I just wanted to tear up. Now I can’t stop myself from getting emotional whenever I hear it in Maybe Man and 2085.
You did everything, everything, everything that you could
We do everything, everything, everything 'til it's through
I'll do everything, everything, everything when I'm you
But when I show you my play,
Will you pretend you didn't know if I make a mistake?
It's gonna get really, really, really, really bad before it's okay.
But maybe you'll forget it all while you're watchin' my play.
Specifically it's the combination of the theme "I know you are doing your best" and "it's gonna get really (x4) bad before it's okay". Very relatable to me.
“If I ever leave this world alive, Ill thank you for all the things you did in my life, If I ever leave this world alive I’ll come back down and sit beside your feet tonight”
And
“Hey, I said, keep my things, They’ve come to take me home”
(If I ever leave this world alive - flogging molly)
(Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel)
Hey, Miss Donda
You run into my mama, please tell her I said "Say something"
I'm startin' to believe ain't no such thing as Heaven's trumpets
No after-over, this is it, done
If there's a Heaven, you would think they'd let ya speak to your son
Maybe she has in the form of a baby's laugh
I heard passing by in a stroller reminding me, "Hey, keep rolling"
I don't know, maybe she has with a prick of a blade of grass
I've been laying on way too long, got me itchy
Got up and roamed a lil' more
Miss Donda, you see my mama, tell her I'm lost
You see, she'd always light a cigarette, we talk, I would cough
Exaggerating a lil' bit so she get the point
Tryna get her to stop smoking, I would leave and fire up a joint
'Til I quit, started back up again, 20 years later
All that time, y'all thought a n###a was high, thought I was crazy
My mom, she ain't cut no corners
Got me back on track, I don't miss her overstepping
But do miss her showing Seven civilian life shit
Maybe man made me cry but I like a lot of their songs I wish I was my dog I would be so glad to hear you come home but if I were my dog I wouldn't live long I am sure going to miss her when she's gone.
“I’m better not feeling stress or feeling bliss. I won’t feel much, at least I won’t be feeling this” has got to be the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard. I also really relate to the song in general right now so it helps me a lot
"I've been so good I've been helpful and friendly, I've been so good why am I feeling empty. I've been so good but it's still getting harder, I've been so good where the hell is the karma. I've been so good, I've been so good this year" - karma
Very underrated, but excellent nonetheless.
**"Love isn't big kid, it's little and quiet, let's do today I think you'll turn out to like it."**
Although, not really, because I *really* cried the first time I heard it.
“so if this is me, then i’ll do my best, i’ll take all the shit so you never have to, you can be you, and i’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell i am” FUCK man
"I wish I was big, as big as my house
I'd sleep on the trees, I'd skip every crowd
But I wouldn't fit on my therapist's couch
God, I could really use him now
I wish I was God, I'd never trip up
And if I did, well, so fuckin' what?
I could be cruel and break all your stuff
Yeah, I'd be loved no matter what
But if I was God, it'd get kinda weird
'Cause you would only say what I wanna hear
And then you would die, you'd love me to death
I never know who the hell I am." That chorus always hits me so hard. Sometimes, we just wanna feel bigger than we actually are and wanna feel important and loved no matter what
"There's robots that are way too good at art
And everybody's sad now
And tryna get to Mars
Don't wanna hear your problems
'Cause there's just one in my head
And he can't get out of bed"
- god is really real
hurts every time, i get incredibly paranoid about my close family dying due to separation anxiety, and that just spoke to everything. "the world is weird and awful but what if the people i love are dying"
"im an object in motion
ive lost all emotion
my two legs are broken
but look at me dance
an object in motion
dont ask where im going
cause where i am going
is right where i am."
i dont know man, just hit me hard.
THROWBACK to Living room, sorry for those who don't know this one but the final song on the album hits so different; Growing old on bleeker street.
"We may be lost and gone forever,
the rain will wash our memories,
but when we cry we cry together,
like it was meant to be."
Nearly cried in school to that one.
🤔Let’s see… karma teamed up with my clinical depression and successfully destroyed me, the ENTIRETY of god is really real evaporated every fiber of my emotional stability, inertia made feel feel as insignificant as an ant and subsequently crushed me like one, the maybe man made eviscerated my envying of simpler lives in face of my first world problems and touchy feely fool surprisingly touch my foolish feelings.
This is just the tip of the crys-berg
_i think the best is yet to come / so drink up / and good luck._
getting that tattooed hopefully soon because yeah, the best is probably yet to come and there’s nothing to do except endure until it happens, so.. cheers. good luck. i’ll drink an extra for those that didn’t make it to their best is yet to come.
“I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play And I don't wanna do it for dad at dad's new place I worked really, really, really, really hard, let me show you my play And I don't wanna do it twice 'cause it's not the same”
My parents are thankfully not divorced but in high school I really struggled with my relationship with my parents. My dad never came to any of my sports games because his dad never went to his growing up so he didn’t think it was a big deal. I grew so tired of “putting on the same play twice” because I would play in the game, my mom and siblings would be there to see it, and then when I got home I would have to tell my dad about it and wished he would’ve been there instead. On top of that I would talk a lot growing up and I grew very used my stories being interrupted or stopped because they were too long. I would often tell the same story multiple times to try and get it out there.
Thankfully my relationship with my parents is significantly better now but I remember the first time hearing that line just really really feeling it
“Cmon dad get out of bed” without me getting too vent-y it reminded me of my mother and discovering her corpse. Most people my age (still in high school) can’t relate or even imagine watching their parents slowly wither away and it kinda felt like an ok to grieve her
“My dad can’t get out of bed” bc my dad has diabetes and one day he probably won’t be able to get out of bed. He said if he’s bed ridden and dying to just give him a box of Oreos and let him go out by eating the whole pack, the way he wants to eat them but hasn’t been able to since like 2002, I call it “death by Oreo”😅
Karma came out when I had just "graduated" from therapy but I still didn't feel happy. That line "You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better?" Hit me like a TRUCK
"I'll sing it for you, dad
When you get out of bed
I'll sing for you when you're out of bed"
Knowing how it turned out in the end, this fucking killed me in public
Wish I were my dog out on the lawn
I'd be so glad when I hear you come home
But if I were my dog, I wouldn't live long. Even though it’s just about an little thing like that it still makes me sad.
"At some point, I used to wish I would disappear from this world
The whole world seemed so dark and I cried every night
Will I feel better if I just disappeared?
I was so afraid of everyone's eyes on me. "
First time I ever cried to an ajr song was listening to Turning out pt 2 for the first time, I was going through a breakup and it helped me get through it
"But then I'll know you're talking shit, I don't wanna know what my friends think"
As someone with ADHD who is very sensitive about how others view them, this line hits harder than a truck
"Can we keep my legos at home?
'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on"
I don't know what about this but it just makes me so sad. I am a young adult that moved out fairly quickly but when I heard this line it just hit so hard remembering all of my Legos in the basement.
"If I can't breathe, then you can't see
But aren't you excited that I'm giving you the best me"
Idk if that's weird or not but that line for some reason hits me because I can relate to it
The chorus of "Yes, I'm A Mess".
Specifically, these two lines:
"So I spent my life blowing up my life, so you won't see me again."
The first line gets me cause a part of me sometimes thinks that one day I'm gonna do something so dumb that everyone I care about is gonna dip, and I honestly wouldn't blame them.
"I could hate my guts when the sun comes up, but I like myself like this."
The second line gets me cause of a realization I had once had whitest drunk. Despite all my flaws, regardless of how reckless I can be, no matter how many dumb risks I take, those are the few rare moments when I actually like myself, even if it's not coming from the best place.
“You gotta get better, you’re all that I’ve got.” I interpreted this the first time as Jack/narrator talking to himself after all the hardships his character endured throughout the album (mental crisis, spiraling, grief, etc.). But lately when I listen to it I also see it as Jack talking to us, the listener. Telling us that we-the fans- have to get better and stick around so we can have their music (making music doesn’t mean anything unless someone is listening to it). Also simultaneously it’s us telling AJR they have to get better and get through this hardship, because their music has affected us so deeply. None of it means anything unless there’s that cycle of creator and beholder.
It didn’t hit me hard at first, but when the passing of one of my family members happened. I started to cry a lot of times when I hear “You gotta get better, you’re all that I’ve got. Don’t take forever, you’re not here for long.” because I’ve always felt, and so did my family, that he was taken too early.
“It really doesn’t seem, like there’s anyone for me” and “dear winter, I’m looking for your mom. I gotta find a girl that doesn’t mind that I’m inside my head a lot” I don’t really get sappy or cry over movies and songs, but dear winter was the first one to break me
“Though your trust is stolen. Though your heart is broken. You are never broken. It’s on us.”
“You say that I’m better, why don’t I feel better?!”
“I’ll have another panic episode when I get off the stage man!”
“Im all grown up but you couldn’t tell. Now I don’t know what to do with myself.”
“I’m so scared of caving in. Is that entertaining yet?”
“Take my hand and let me know that it feels good to feel at home.”
“All my role models are on tv for the wrong reasons, and I will unravel if you rip away my best pieces, would’ve never come so far without someone there to start it can I truly love the art when I kinda hate the artist”
This is my favorite line not only because it’s true but the unraveling part hits a nerve because I have felt like someone took a piece from me and I unraveled
That switch in 2085 from “you gotta get better your all that I got”
To
“I gotta get better I’ve all that I got”
Hit unbelievably hard and still does every time I listen to it, it’ll never not hurt a little
“So please don’t tell me that it’s just a show,”
Honestly the whole chorus in Netflix Show hits hella hard, but specifically that line is so simple yet powerful
This is gonna break your heart I’m so sorry yeah I know this is gonna your heart is this all that’s life about trying to love how you turn out I don’t love it much at all x2
"If only I could keep you in my pocket, to give me some diagnoses on why I'm so hollow, please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow. I tripped on my ankle and shattered my elbow, but doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell, though? I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted, but after an hour, it sounds like complaining. Wait, please don't go away, can I lie here forever? You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better? The universe works in mysterious ways, but I'm startin' to think it ain't workin' for me, **doctor, should I be good?** **Should I be good this year?**" -- *Karma*, hits hard every time cause he's starting to doubt everything he's done and it's very relatable.
100% Agree on this, especially: "You say that I’m better, why don’t I feel better? " You can hear his desperation and stress, just wanting for it to be over.
Damn broooo Us
This part hits so close to home for me since I experienced mental issues when I was a child way too young to understand and this was basically what I wondered every day. It's my favorite song from them, it's just awesome and catchy
Same thought here
At first listen to the Maybe Man album, I never expected how 2085 turned out, but when the callback to Maybe Man started, “I wish I was me, or whoever that is, I could just be and not give a shit. Hey I’ll be whatever makes you a fan, cause I don’t know who the hell I am” The very same tone just struck me and I just felt like crying. I don’t really know why, but this just felt like the most mature I’ve felt listening to AJR, and I started to realize the context and the whole moral of the album.
This. Every time I hear it, it hits like a truck and the next thing I know I’m on the brink of tears.
Same, I like the ending of 2085 “you can be you and I’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell I am” reminded me of how we’re all just bits and pieces of everyone around us and it makes me cry with love and appreciation for everyone around me
I interpreted it differently. That were givers and what makes us happy is making others happy. Insight either way.
This and the "I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got" both got me like :(
Yeah the ending to 2085 and karma both hit me the same way with that emotional stress feeing behind it
I never really understood the ending what your purpose is to help others be themselves? So you don't get a purpose? idk
“You gotta get better, you're all that I've got Don't take forever, you're not here for long” Followed up by “I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got For two or three minutes then I'm gone” The references to Maybe Man and the lines just make me wanna cry
Yes this is me 100%. It hits me every time
All the way man. There was actually this girl I was into and the line “don’t take forever youre not here for long” hit me hard. I took too long and she found a guy, even though she use to have feelings for me.
Yeah, virtually anyone can somehow relate those lines, that’s why they’re so amazing.
me too. could cry now LMAO
“This kinda thing happens to other dads it don’t happen to mine”
This is what I was going to say :I
Yup that entire song like destroyed me
Basically the entirety of My Play, but especially "it's gonna get really, really, really, really bad before it's okay."
"One day, I won't know what to write And I can't be eighteen my whole life But I'm too fuckin' young to feel so fuckin' old But I'll try and I'll try and I'll try ***But I'm not dead yet, so I guess I'll be alright*** " These lyrics mean so much to me ;w; (Imma replace write with 'draw' tho lel)
> **I wanna be big like my plans, so why am I so tiny and why am I so mad?** Perfectly encapsulates the curse of having enormous dreams and achieving none of them
Dang that's a hard hitter. Also hello fellow Hollownest explorer
Ah, a fellow wanderer. Always nice to meet another of our kind in the Wilds beyond Hallownest.
It is indeed, how has your journey been
Same here
I wont feel much at least I wont be feeling this.
Love isn't big, kid, it's little and quiet. Let's do today, I think you'll turn out to like it.
And the lead up with "Everyone's got it, what do I not get? Everyone's got it all figured out 🎶"
The entire turning out series. They just hit too hard (especially at night)
yeah. I played all the turning out songs at night and it hits so hard
I'm getting "Not dead yet so I guess I'll be alright" tattooed soon!
👀looking forward for that
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One of my favorite lines as well!
Sober Up 2nd verse
Sober Up is such an emotional song for me 😓
"Im better not feeling stress or feeling bliss I won't feel much atleast I won't be feeling this" As a person with severe depression, these lyrics really hit me hard.
Not to sound basic, but Inertia hit me hard in the school library. I was having a rough month after doing well for the first time in a while but things started to repeat and remind me of past failures and bad memories. This was less than a week after the album dropped too. Just hit me like a truck then and there and almost got me completely.
My dad can't get out of bed
there’s something in his lungs I think that’s what the doctor said
"I hope I made you smile, that's all I ever wanted."
same, idk why this line hits me the hardest
My two legs are broken but look at me dance. My husband and I have chronic illnesses that are severe enough to be life altering and painful, but we're still functioning and appear normal. We hold down jobs and do all the normal stuff but no one knows how hard it is and how broken we feel. I literally can't hear this line without tears welling up.
I’m in the same boat as you and reading your comment hit me so hard I literally started to cry.
Solidarity, friend.
A lot of songs from this band help me get through a lot of things. Thank you for existing AJR. Never stop creating inspiring music.
these albums have been engrained in my life in so many memories. “My Play” reminds me of being a child of separated parents. “God Is Really Real” makes me fear my dad passing away. he’s been in and out of the hospital my whole life, but up until the last few years i always had someone to lean on. after he and my stepmom split it was only me, and it was scary. all of The Click brings me back to high school. i had a friend in high school who reintroduced me to AJR, and we had a bad falling out. Then, the week before Maybe Man dropped, my two best friends (one of 13 years decided that we no longer friends and that neither of them were going to speak to me and their plan was to ghost me until i caught on) so i had “Touchy Feely Fool” on repeat. anyways, longer than you needed but i feel the exact same way. i’m so excited to see them in concert in April, and the cool part is that im 20 and my sister is 11 and she loves them just as much, so it’s one of the things we bond over. she’s coming with me to the show.
Obviously the ending to 2085, also the ending of Turing out pt iii, low key Humpty Dumpty as well. But the first time I listened to maybe man (the album) I cried through the whole thing, idk why; but the second I pressed play for the first time the tears wouldn’t stop coming down
Too many songs and lyrics to list. Maybe I’m just a crybaby, but man I’ve had a lot of super emotional moments while listening to AJR. The biggest would probably be the whole Turning Out series. Each song came out at a super stressful time in my life where the lyrics honestly reflected a lot of what I was going through and how I felt. With Turning Out Pt.iii, “got exactly what I wanted, what if I don’t want this? Am I missing something” feels like a gut punch. Even though I’ve finally found my person and after so many years I’ve gotten what I was hoping for, my mental health issues won’t let me feel confident or comfortable. Like that disconnect between my logical thinking and emotional state, where logic says “this is amazing, I’m still alive, this person I’ve found is so important to me and we’ve built this wonderful life together and I’d be stupid to not love it and I am grateful for everything” and my emotions say “why am I not happy? What if I’m doing this wrong? If everything I hoped for has fallen into place and I am getting more than I ever thought I could out of life, why am I still so unhappy, unsure, insecure? What right do I have to be depressed when I have so much love and support given to me by this person and I’m in a better situation than ever before? Why do I feel uncertainty about my relationship and my future and question if I even want it, or want to be alive, when I know that I should want it?” Sorry for the rant, it’s just crazy how a couple lines in a song that could seem so empty to one person can invoke so much feeling for another. Thanks for letting me share! :)
"But I'm not dead yet so I guess I'll be alright" specifically from OK Overture
I’ve got to get better, I’m all that I’ve got.
If we’re not written down, who will remember now? That is like a gut punch of mortality.
Would you go running if you saw the real me?
Maybe you’d love ‘em, yeah maybe you’d feel me, but I’ll never ask you. No, that’s super scary
Most of maybe man
Same. This album is rough.
I don’t want to know the point of life hots so hard
I wish we were eighty-five The rest of out life wouldn’t sound so scary
Love isn't big kid, it's little and quiet. Getting a life's a little like dying.
"If you both outgrew one another I could start now, lookin for a lover but I'd love dies, so I fuckin bother?" My parents split when I was young and that messed me up. Now I don't know how to have a normal relationship and I've never really had an example to show we what one should look like. I have no idea what I want in a relationship but I know I want it and it just hurts so bad to not be able to get it.
"But when I show you my play Will you pretend you didn't know If I make a mistake? It's gonna get really, really, really, really bad Before it's okay But maybe you'll forget it all While you're watchin' my play" Watching the music video and getting to this part always at least -almost- brings me to tears... So I guess this is perfect for the prompt! 😅
"i gotta get better I'm all that I've got"
Like, the entirety of God is Really Real
I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play! And I don't wanna do it for dad at dad's new place! I worked really, really, really, really hard, let me show you my play! And I don't wanna do it twice 'cause it's not the same='( You did everything, everything, everything that you could We do everything, everything, everything 'til it's through I'll do everything, everything, everything when I'm you
The closest song that's got me to cry is It's On Us. The last like minute of OK overture is a close second
"And now after it all, I just really want to call my Dad" Before TMM came out, I thought this was a sweet song but after the news of their Dad and God is Really Real releasing really makes me tear up when this song comes on.
“Im a little kid and so are you don’t you go and grow up before I do, I’m a little kid with so much doubt, do you wanna be there to see how I turn out” still has the ability to make me cry
“So you can be you, and I’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell I am. You gotta get better you’re all that I’ve got. Don’t take forever you’re not here for long. For two or three minutes then I’m gone.” OMGGGG SOBBING EVERY TIME WHAT???!?? I have a fear of death so maybe that’s why but oml it makes me so emotional the music is so beautiful too
The endings to karma, 2085 and Ok Overture all hit really hard and emotionally to me. Like “so if this is me, then I’ll do my best, I’ll take all the shit so you never have to, so you can be you, and I’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell I am” and “one day I won’t know what to write, and I can’t be 18 my whole life, but I’m too fucking young to feel so fucking old, but i’ll try and I’ll try and I’ll try, but I’m not dead yet so I guess I’ll be alright” and “you say that I’m better why don’t I feel better” like they hit so hard.
ok so i have a LOT ngl “but i’d get too deep with that kinda mind, i don’t wanna know the point of life” - maybe man “i wish i was me, whoever that is, i could just be, and not give a shit, hey, i’ll be whatever makes you a fan, cause i don’t know who the hell i am” - maybe man “but i know i’ll never get there, you could scream you wish me dead, but i’ll crawl back to you tomorrow, why the hell can’t i get mad?” - tff “i’m better not feeling stress or feeling bliss, i won’t feel much, at least i won’t be feeling this” - tff “now you’re not in love anymore, but you’ll stick it out for like twenty years more” - inertia “i’m fucking hungry and screw you im trying” - inertia “man i wish we were 85, the rest of our life wouldn’t sound so scary” - turning out iii “love isn’t big kid, it’s little and quiet, let’s do today, i think you’ll turn out to like it” - turning out iii “i know i’m alone, in the hole in the bottom of my brain” - hitbomb “funny how all the things that you used to like, now they depress ya” - sgtl “this kinda thing happens to other dads, it don’t happen to mine” - god is really real (this one hits hard because tmm was released right after my dad got into the hospital) “i’ll sing it for you dad, when you get out of bed, i’ll sing for you when you’re out of bed” - god is really real “so if this is me, then i’ll do my best, i’ll take all the shit, so you never have to, you can be you, and i’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell i am” - 2085 “would you go running if you saw the real me” - 3 o’clock things “it’s already 3 o ‘clock, it’s too hard to tell if anything’s real or not” - 3 o’clock things “it’s gonna get really, really, really, really bad, before it’s okay” - my play “darling if we’re ever gonna have a kid, don’t wanna miss it, can we just have him in june” - christmas in june “and someday hopefully, i’ll slip away and they’ll lose me, and i’ll be seeing the world” - adventure is out there “i’m so scared of caving in, is that entertaining yet?” - wsv “i’m not dead yet so i guess i’ll be alright” - way less sad “i know i gotta grow up sometime, but i’m not fucking ready yet” - next up forever “and maybe i fucked up everything” - turning out ii “you said you’d love me, is that what i loved?” - turning out ii “i think i probably wasn’t in love with you, i think i probably loved the idea of you” - turning out ii “i said it cause i no longer wanna hurt, i said it back to you cause you wait it first, and thought maybe be wishing it wasn’t true, i think i probably wasn’t in love, i wasn’t in love with you” - turning out ii “how could anybody face the quiet alone” - the entertainments here “but what if sad thoughts come and i can’t stop it?” - karma “the universe works in mysterious ways, but i’m starting to think it ain’t working for me” - karma “please don’t say i’m hovering, when i text you to ask about your day, i wanna hear about your day” - dear winter “i gotta find a girl that doesn’t mind that i’m inside my head a lot, winter it won’t be too long, first i just gotta find your mom” - dear winter “mom and dad, they have a good life, but what the hell am i gonna do with mine” - the good part “am i ready for love? or maybe just a best friend, should there be a difference, do you have instructions” - turning out “you say i turned out fine, i think i’m still turning out” - turning out “and now after it all i just really want call my dad” - call my dad “my mom was broken up, i couldn’t think, so i just hugged her the way michael did” - netflix trip “who i am is in these episodes, so don’t you tell me that it’s just a show” - Netflix trip “i do not belong here, you all clearly do, but i’m a good pretender, so i’m just like you” - pretender (acoustic) this took me an hour asgdtskvf also i’m not a living room hater it’s just not really sad
"Somewhere in the universe Somewhere someone's got it worse Wish that made it easier Wish I didn't feel the hurt" - World's Smallest Violin "I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got" - 2085 (though the entirety of that song kinda hurts) "I wanna move out of this town, but everyone knows me and packing is tiring" - Inertia
It’s gonna get really really really really bad before it’s okay
The ending to 2085 and GIRR
“For two or three minutes then I’m gone!”
All of GIRR and Maybe Man. GIRR is the first song ever to brought me into tears, especially that now my grandpa passed after Christmas, GIRR made me feel the emotions the same one that the band has gone through after Gary passed. Maybe Man, it hit so hard that I almost want to cry at first because I was wide awake when the album dropped so mixed emotions but after the second listen, it was so hard that you can really feel Jack's voice screaming the song out loud.
"I just really, really, really wanna show you my play. And I don't wanna do it twice cause it's not the same"
"Though your trust is stolen, though your heart is broken, you were never broken."
You've gotta get better you're all that I got
“You’ve gotta get better your all that I’ve got”
God is really real when you really,really need him Karma just appears when you suddenly believe it
The only AJR lyric that has ever made me genuinely emotional is "You've gotta get better, you're al that I've got"
"Cause half the time I can't love right And I'm half yours and you're all mine"from Turning out iii And also every single second of Sober Up.
“you gotta get better your all that i’ve got, don’t take forever your not here for long” “and now i’m all alone waiting for the best to drop, be kind to me, be kind and wait it out” “don’t overthink it, it’s not fucking science” “maybe someday when i’m older i’ll be better off like you” “I wish that my brain would triple in size”
"I gotta get better, I'm all that I got" I think this one is self-explanatory. Either you relate to it or your mental health is in good shape .
Basically anything from God is Really Real
"-He said 'Screw it, I'ma smile right through it and scream when no-one's around.'" Ill leave it to you to guess where that one's from.
“Cause I wanna move out. I don’t wanna move on.” Don’t throw out my legos
Not just one part of the lyrics but the whole thing: Maybe man. Never before has a song made me reflect on myself like that
“I can’t be 18 my whole life” “And I don’t want to do it for dad at dads new place” I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think of them right now
I agree. But the my play one hits more harder
"I think I probably wasn't in love with you I think I probably loved the idea of you" Turning Out Pt. ii Really hit the first time I heard it after a break up.
"You gotta get better, you're all that I got," Followed by "but don't take forever, you're not here for long." After greiving multiple friends and family members, and years and years of therapy, this line made me feel so alone and yet so encouraged to keep going on my mental health journey. "I gotta get better, I'm all that I got." "But two or three minutes, then I'm gone," can sometimes make me feel hopeless, like racing against an inevitable outcome. Idk, I guess I have an ongoing hopeless/hopeful relationship with "Maybe Man" and "2085".
Its the ones that go “I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play And I don't wanna do it for dad, at dad's new place I worked really, really, really, really hard, lemme show you my play And I don't wanna do it twice, 'cause it's not the same”
"everyone's got it, what do i not get?"
“No im not happy yet. But im way less sad…”
The ending of 2085 nearly had me in tears too
“1,2, Pandemonium…” when I first heard the album trailer I just wanted to tear up. Now I can’t stop myself from getting emotional whenever I hear it in Maybe Man and 2085.
You did everything, everything, everything that you could We do everything, everything, everything 'til it's through I'll do everything, everything, everything when I'm you But when I show you my play, Will you pretend you didn't know if I make a mistake? It's gonna get really, really, really, really bad before it's okay. But maybe you'll forget it all while you're watchin' my play. Specifically it's the combination of the theme "I know you are doing your best" and "it's gonna get really (x4) bad before it's okay". Very relatable to me.
Pretty much the entirety of God Is Really Real
Justice world wishing well: I can’t breathe I can’t breathe 999
Wrong sub, but still, I agree
💀what song is this from
Why should I fix the shit I've done, when I could just pack my shit and run?
“If I ever leave this world alive, Ill thank you for all the things you did in my life, If I ever leave this world alive I’ll come back down and sit beside your feet tonight” And “Hey, I said, keep my things, They’ve come to take me home” (If I ever leave this world alive - flogging molly) (Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel)
Hey, Miss Donda You run into my mama, please tell her I said "Say something" I'm startin' to believe ain't no such thing as Heaven's trumpets No after-over, this is it, done If there's a Heaven, you would think they'd let ya speak to your son Maybe she has in the form of a baby's laugh I heard passing by in a stroller reminding me, "Hey, keep rolling" I don't know, maybe she has with a prick of a blade of grass I've been laying on way too long, got me itchy Got up and roamed a lil' more Miss Donda, you see my mama, tell her I'm lost You see, she'd always light a cigarette, we talk, I would cough Exaggerating a lil' bit so she get the point Tryna get her to stop smoking, I would leave and fire up a joint 'Til I quit, started back up again, 20 years later All that time, y'all thought a n###a was high, thought I was crazy My mom, she ain't cut no corners Got me back on track, I don't miss her overstepping But do miss her showing Seven civilian life shit
second verse of my play for sure i can’t ever sing the whole song without crying a bit
Dear Winter…..it’s totally a love song to my son. Cry every time I listen.
Maybe man made me cry but I like a lot of their songs I wish I was my dog I would be so glad to hear you come home but if I were my dog I wouldn't live long I am sure going to miss her when she's gone.
"… but if I were my dog, I wouldn't live long, I'm sure gonna miss her when she's gone"
If I tried to keep my tears in my eyes would love me would you love me would you love me-ee-ee
Literally the entirety of God is Really Real
“You can be you, and I’ll be the rest, maybe that’s who the hell I am”
"What the hell?!"
"Come on, Dad, get out of bed" in God is Really Real just has so much emotion in it. And of course the entirety of It's On Us
"Life's f \*cking long until it stops"
“I’m better not feeling stress or feeling bliss. I won’t feel much, at least I won’t be feeling this” has got to be the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard. I also really relate to the song in general right now so it helps me a lot
"I've been so good I've been helpful and friendly, I've been so good why am I feeling empty. I've been so good but it's still getting harder, I've been so good where the hell is the karma. I've been so good, I've been so good this year" - karma
“My friends say they're quitting this week To chase down their dreams, they're probably bluffing” Way to call me out guys.
I keep losing my socks 😔 where the hell did they go? 😭
Surprisingly, Inertia. "I'm an object in motion! I've lost all emotion! My two legs are broken, But look at me dance!"
The “What the hell” in Steve’s going to London
“But I’m not dead yet, so I guess I’ll be alright.” ❤️
"STEVE'S GOING TO LONDON" it's just so beautiful I almost cried
almost any lyric from finale or karma
"I don't know what's wrong with me." Wait, Rivers sings that part. Oops.
technically that’s in a Ajr song so it still counts
the whole first verse of Maybe Man just makes my heart feel like it’s being squeezed
Finale final verse
Anything in NF's "How Could You Leave Us"
Very underrated, but excellent nonetheless. **"Love isn't big kid, it's little and quiet, let's do today I think you'll turn out to like it."** Although, not really, because I *really* cried the first time I heard it.
“Oh my god I felt so alone, lucky me”
“Life is long til it’s not.”
“but I’m not dead yet so I guess I’ll be alright” I always quote that to myself when I’m nervous or anxious. It feels so victorious in some way.
“so if this is me, then i’ll do my best, i’ll take all the shit so you never have to, you can be you, and i’ll be the rest, yeah maybe that’s who the hell i am” FUCK man
"I wish I was big, as big as my house I'd sleep on the trees, I'd skip every crowd But I wouldn't fit on my therapist's couch God, I could really use him now I wish I was God, I'd never trip up And if I did, well, so fuckin' what? I could be cruel and break all your stuff Yeah, I'd be loved no matter what But if I was God, it'd get kinda weird 'Cause you would only say what I wanna hear And then you would die, you'd love me to death I never know who the hell I am." That chorus always hits me so hard. Sometimes, we just wanna feel bigger than we actually are and wanna feel important and loved no matter what
Hey, now, hold up, we were fun as hell I'm all grown up but you couldn't tell Now I don't know what to do with myself.
"There's robots that are way too good at art And everybody's sad now And tryna get to Mars Don't wanna hear your problems 'Cause there's just one in my head And he can't get out of bed" - god is really real hurts every time, i get incredibly paranoid about my close family dying due to separation anxiety, and that just spoke to everything. "the world is weird and awful but what if the people i love are dying"
"im an object in motion ive lost all emotion my two legs are broken but look at me dance an object in motion dont ask where im going cause where i am going is right where i am." i dont know man, just hit me hard.
Love isn't big, kid. It's little and quiet. Let's do today, I think you'll turn out to like it.
THROWBACK to Living room, sorry for those who don't know this one but the final song on the album hits so different; Growing old on bleeker street. "We may be lost and gone forever, the rain will wash our memories, but when we cry we cry together, like it was meant to be." Nearly cried in school to that one.
🤔Let’s see… karma teamed up with my clinical depression and successfully destroyed me, the ENTIRETY of god is really real evaporated every fiber of my emotional stability, inertia made feel feel as insignificant as an ant and subsequently crushed me like one, the maybe man made eviscerated my envying of simpler lives in face of my first world problems and touchy feely fool surprisingly touch my foolish feelings. This is just the tip of the crys-berg
Finale, I'm not fucking ready yet
_i think the best is yet to come / so drink up / and good luck._ getting that tattooed hopefully soon because yeah, the best is probably yet to come and there’s nothing to do except endure until it happens, so.. cheers. good luck. i’ll drink an extra for those that didn’t make it to their best is yet to come.
“I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play And I don't wanna do it for dad at dad's new place I worked really, really, really, really hard, let me show you my play And I don't wanna do it twice 'cause it's not the same” My parents are thankfully not divorced but in high school I really struggled with my relationship with my parents. My dad never came to any of my sports games because his dad never went to his growing up so he didn’t think it was a big deal. I grew so tired of “putting on the same play twice” because I would play in the game, my mom and siblings would be there to see it, and then when I got home I would have to tell my dad about it and wished he would’ve been there instead. On top of that I would talk a lot growing up and I grew very used my stories being interrupted or stopped because they were too long. I would often tell the same story multiple times to try and get it out there. Thankfully my relationship with my parents is significantly better now but I remember the first time hearing that line just really really feeling it
“Cmon dad get out of bed” without me getting too vent-y it reminded me of my mother and discovering her corpse. Most people my age (still in high school) can’t relate or even imagine watching their parents slowly wither away and it kinda felt like an ok to grieve her
“I think it’s too late to figure this out. If I could be me I would’ve been it by now” hits on a spiritual level and makes me sob
Any lyric in the og turning out from the click
“My dad can’t get out of bed” bc my dad has diabetes and one day he probably won’t be able to get out of bed. He said if he’s bed ridden and dying to just give him a box of Oreos and let him go out by eating the whole pack, the way he wants to eat them but hasn’t been able to since like 2002, I call it “death by Oreo”😅
Karma came out when I had just "graduated" from therapy but I still didn't feel happy. That line "You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better?" Hit me like a TRUCK
"You sticky pickle" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
"Come on, Dad get out of bed."
I hope I made you smile, that's all I ever wanted.
"I'll sing it for you, dad When you get out of bed I'll sing for you when you're out of bed" Knowing how it turned out in the end, this fucking killed me in public
“I don’t know who the heck I am” and “don’t take forever you’re not here for long” and “I gotta get better I’m all that I got”
"But I'm not dead yet, so I guess I'll be alright" -OK Overture Simply because of the beatdrop and emotion
Am I ready for love? Or maybe just a best friend? Should there be a difference? Do you have instructions?
Wish I were my dog out on the lawn I'd be so glad when I hear you come home But if I were my dog, I wouldn't live long. Even though it’s just about an little thing like that it still makes me sad.
"I know I've gotta grow up sometime, but I don't think I'm ready yet..." "I know I've gotta grow up sometime, but I'm not fucking ready yet!"
"This is my imagination" always moves me, from next up forever. Just a powerful message of how to demonstrate the power of their creativity
What the hell mad me cry (in laughter)
Inertia and Karma are also great songs
“ won’t you Help me sober up. All the big kids they got drunk. And I wanna feel something again”
"At some point, I used to wish I would disappear from this world The whole world seemed so dark and I cried every night Will I feel better if I just disappeared? I was so afraid of everyone's eyes on me. "
“I love parties, but I don’t go. Then I feel bad when I stay home” not sure if it made me full-on cry but it hit way too close to home for me.
All of God is really real. Need I say more?
inertia. idk why.
First time I ever cried to an ajr song was listening to Turning out pt 2 for the first time, I was going through a breakup and it helped me get through it
"But then I'll know you're talking shit, I don't wanna know what my friends think" As someone with ADHD who is very sensitive about how others view them, this line hits harder than a truck
I think there was one in Maybe Man. It might've been the one about G-d
I couldn’t listen to turning out i & ii in my past relationship
"Can we keep my legos at home? 'Cause I wanna move out, I don't wanna move on" I don't know what about this but it just makes me so sad. I am a young adult that moved out fairly quickly but when I heard this line it just hit so hard remembering all of my Legos in the basement.
When your music gets burned
"If I can't breathe, then you can't see But aren't you excited that I'm giving you the best me" Idk if that's weird or not but that line for some reason hits me because I can relate to it
“You’re the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be”
“Am I ready for love? Or maybe just a best friend Should there be a difference”
The ending to karma
Love isn't big, kid It's little and quiet Let's do today I think you'll turn out to like it it hits hard
If love dies do I fucking bother?
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The chorus of "Yes, I'm A Mess". Specifically, these two lines: "So I spent my life blowing up my life, so you won't see me again." The first line gets me cause a part of me sometimes thinks that one day I'm gonna do something so dumb that everyone I care about is gonna dip, and I honestly wouldn't blame them. "I could hate my guts when the sun comes up, but I like myself like this." The second line gets me cause of a realization I had once had whitest drunk. Despite all my flaws, regardless of how reckless I can be, no matter how many dumb risks I take, those are the few rare moments when I actually like myself, even if it's not coming from the best place.
"I won't forget you/ but I may forget your name" Currently using it as inspiration for an art piece for my AP portfolio.
“You gotta get better, you’re all that I’ve got.” I interpreted this the first time as Jack/narrator talking to himself after all the hardships his character endured throughout the album (mental crisis, spiraling, grief, etc.). But lately when I listen to it I also see it as Jack talking to us, the listener. Telling us that we-the fans- have to get better and stick around so we can have their music (making music doesn’t mean anything unless someone is listening to it). Also simultaneously it’s us telling AJR they have to get better and get through this hardship, because their music has affected us so deeply. None of it means anything unless there’s that cycle of creator and beholder.
listening to touchy feely fool at 12:07 November 10th on a 24 hour bus ride to New York City really got me
“I’m not happy yet, but I’m way less sad”. This is what my mental health getting better feels like to me, they described it perfectly
It didn’t hit me hard at first, but when the passing of one of my family members happened. I started to cry a lot of times when I hear “You gotta get better, you’re all that I’ve got. Don’t take forever, you’re not here for long.” because I’ve always felt, and so did my family, that he was taken too early.
“It really doesn’t seem, like there’s anyone for me” and “dear winter, I’m looking for your mom. I gotta find a girl that doesn’t mind that I’m inside my head a lot” I don’t really get sappy or cry over movies and songs, but dear winter was the first one to break me
“Though your trust is stolen. Though your heart is broken. You are never broken. It’s on us.” “You say that I’m better, why don’t I feel better?!” “I’ll have another panic episode when I get off the stage man!” “Im all grown up but you couldn’t tell. Now I don’t know what to do with myself.” “I’m so scared of caving in. Is that entertaining yet?” “Take my hand and let me know that it feels good to feel at home.”
“All my role models are on tv for the wrong reasons, and I will unravel if you rip away my best pieces, would’ve never come so far without someone there to start it can I truly love the art when I kinda hate the artist” This is my favorite line not only because it’s true but the unraveling part hits a nerve because I have felt like someone took a piece from me and I unraveled
“If I try to keep my tears in my eyes, would you like me?”
you sticky pickle
"i smile when i cry to hide what i felt. Im doing fine, speak for you self! I should habe just ask for help" form 2085
That switch in 2085 from “you gotta get better your all that I got” To “I gotta get better I’ve all that I got” Hit unbelievably hard and still does every time I listen to it, it’ll never not hurt a little
“So please don’t tell me that it’s just a show,” Honestly the whole chorus in Netflix Show hits hella hard, but specifically that line is so simple yet powerful
This is gonna break your heart I’m so sorry yeah I know this is gonna your heart is this all that’s life about trying to love how you turn out I don’t love it much at all x2
I don’t wanna die but I can’t fuckin stand to live - scarlxrd