the last exit

hornets! hornets! by the hold steady

she mouthed the words along to “running up that hill” 
that song got scratched into her soul
he’s never heard that song before
but he still gets the metaphor
he knows some people that switched places before
she said i really like the crowds at the really big shows
people touching people that they don’t even know 

girls like status by the hold steady

it was song number three on John’s last CD
“I’m going to make it through this year if it kills me”
and it almost killed me
and song number four on that first D4 
you want the scars but you don’t want the war
now that’s just hardcore
these kids are clever to the core 

…next I’ll burn my skinny jeans and tell everyone The Hold Steady really suck (they really do, lets not fuck around, they seriously fucking blow, they sound like Home Depot smells).