sailor | been down this road so many times, feel like its skin is part of mine

bleachers, i wanna get better.

and i miss the days of a life still permanent,
mourn the years before i got carried away.
so now i'm staring at the interstate, screaming at myself:
"hey, i wanna get better!"

february

hrmnzr, everything is wonderful (toechip remix).

so maybe if you wanted to,
me and you could go there too,
sail across the oceans just to find a way to get closer to you.

march

the front bottoms, maps.

and what about your friends?
don't you love them enough to stay?
and i say, if i don't leave now,
then i will never get away.
let me be a blue raft on a blue sea;
i'll blend right in.

april

big flow, la mano arriba.

mami sin miedo
llegala hasta el suelo
que tú sabes de eso
la disco está en fuego

may

they might be giants, erase.

think of this as solving problems
that should never have occurred—
please don't call it strangulation,
that is such an ugly word.

june

the mountain goats & kaki king, thank you mario but our princess is in another castle.

i kept my hat on just for luck,
sang simple tunes the whole night through.
i wondered if i'd wake to find myself in flames as i waited here for you.
when you came in, i could breathe again.

july

los campesinos!, (all's well that ends) in medias res.

i flew for seven hours—
the sky didn't once turn black.

august

the wombats, let's dance to joy division.

let's dance to joy division and raise our glass to the ceiling,
'cause this could all go so wrong but we're so happy.

september

hamilton, ten duel commandments.

five: duel before the sun is in the sky,
pick a place to die where it's high and dry.
number six: leave a note for your next of kin,
tell 'em where you've been,
pray that hell or heaven lets you in.

october

astronautalis, oceanwalk.

secrets explode whether you mean it or not,
i locked my dreams with the right keys but worked the wrong locks.
the strong box screws split quick before i could retighten;
i learned lightning strikes and leaves before the language leaks, it lightens.

november

toby fox, undertale.

december

dan deacon, snookered.

been 'round this road so many times,
feel like its skin is part of mine.
this taste of milk is almost gone—
still got no shame, but not for long.