2:03
RVIVR, 2010
Written by RVIVR?
Never heard of this Olympia-based punk band, but Franz Nicolay mentioned them in his excellent book so I gave them a listen. This song is about the dissolution of a relationship. The narrator blamed herself and first but since then has grown and sees the antagonist as at fault. "I tried to fix it more than you could ever know / To do things right, to be your friend and make it right / To find a thread that I could start to sew." It's not particularly fast-paced, for a punk song, but the guitars come in jagged, aggressive bursts. The song concludes, "You're old enough to know the difference between being real and being mean." It's a sentiment you might hear from a sophomore, but at just two minutes, we can forgive a little emo heartbreak.