Stereo

today's song/video/lyrics are by a band called the watchmen. the song is called stereo... i first heard this song while living in austin about 8 years ago thanks to their alternative radio station, 101x. that was quite possibly the weirdest point in my life... i had dropped out of school, had no job, had no car, lived in a tiny efficiency apartment by myself, at biscuits or entire boxes of cookies as meals, played frisbee golf every friday afternoon with my cousin kyle, partied with my neighbors pretty much every night, etc.

every once in a while i get jealous of those college kids who get to go to school on their daddy's dime, never have to work, party all the time, etc. then i think back to my time spent in austin, and become instantly grateful that i didn't have that. i was a pretty irresponsible guy back in the day (and probably still am) and if i had all that, i know i wouldn't be here today.

but i digress... my point is, everytime i hear this song (which isn't often because this song would never be played in san antonio) i think back to a time in my life that will never be the same. there were plenty of good times mixed with plenty of the bad ones. i guess you could say that was my experience of college... that was my freedom... that was my living like life had no consequences for bad decisions... i'm grateful for that time to get away and find out who i was, or perhaps find out who i wasn't.



My life is a stereo
How loud does it go
What songs do I know
And what ever happened to my plans
What ever happened to life I thought I'd have

My life is a stereo
Kind of cheaply made though
How bad does it show
What ever did become of all my friends
What ever happened to the likes of all of them

My life is a stereo
Turn me on and let's go
Turn me up louder
I'll scream as loud and clear as I can scream
If you like what you're hearing please hang on to me

I like being here and I'm all hooked up wrong
Hang on to me though I'm one of a million
Please hang on to me

My life is a stereo
Out of phase but you know
Sixty cycles humming
And what ever happened to my friends
What ever happened to the likes of all of them

I like being here and I'm all hooked up wrong
Hang on to me though I'm one of a million
Please hang on to me

And my lights are like candles
I'm so afraid of new technology
I'm in the race and I don't to be
I'm so afraid of what's to come to be
I'm in the race and I don't to be

Life ends in stereo
Pack me up and let's go
Put me anywhere
Please don't think of leaving me behind
Whatever happens to you I'll get on just fine
One of a million