Do you have any idea how much I fucking hate Emo? The Ataris are in their mid to late 20's, some married with children, and they still sing about being a depressed, girl-obsessed teenager. One of the new girls at the coffee shop will be a high school junior next Fall and she says all her friends are Emo, and they sit around saying, "God, I'm so depressed." The gift of life is wasted on them. The stupidest thing about it is they have no idea who Alkaline Trio are. Anyone who will remotely begin to call themselves Emo must have "Goddamit" in their CD collection. Fuck Dashboard Confessional. Fuck the Get Up Kids. Fuck fucking Fall Out Boy. All you need is "I want to wake up naked next to you, kissing the curve of your clavicle." You feel depressed and want to die?
You told me that you want to die
I said, "I've been there myself more than a few times
And I go back every once in a while."
You called me lucky, you
You called me lucky
You said tonight wsa a wonderful night to die
I asked how you could tell
You told me to look at the sky
"Look at all those stars.
Look at how goddam ugly the stars are."
It's one or another, between a rope and a bottle
But I can tell you're having trouble breathing
Stop kidding yourself with this pretentious bullshit that passes for Emo these days. Hawthorne Heights can kiss my ass. If you're really so fucking depressed about being single or being a teenager, do something about it. Otherwise quit wasting my listening space.
You told me that you want to die
I said, "I've been there myself more than a few times
And I go back every once in a while."
You called me lucky, you
You called me lucky
You said tonight wsa a wonderful night to die
I asked how you could tell
You told me to look at the sky
"Look at all those stars.
Look at how goddam ugly the stars are."
It's one or another, between a rope and a bottle
But I can tell you're having trouble breathing
Stop kidding yourself with this pretentious bullshit that passes for Emo these days. Hawthorne Heights can kiss my ass. If you're really so fucking depressed about being single or being a teenager, do something about it. Otherwise quit wasting my listening space.
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fyrestarter:
alright, so what the fuck is "emo" anyway?? is it being sad and lonely for no reason, and now there is a name for it?
poet22:
i'm sure there will be a lashback sometime in the next 3 years. the mid 90's were fairly happy until alanis. then they found the depressive market. september 11th had some more uplifting music but emo had already saturated the indie and college market and boomed to highschool and pop culture. emo will only rain supreme until we find something better than goth metal and boy band front men. but the truth is, the 90's gave birth to the "modern male" who isn't afraid of his emotional side. it also gave death to the 80's hair metal testosterone driven male because it's politcally incorrect or something. it's hard to fight that kind of cultural change. the Bad Ass image is a delicate thing these days.