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Music: Deer in the Headlights

*Song and Music belongs to Adam Young or Owl City*

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TJ: Deer in the Headlights is a song made by one of my favorite artists growing up: Owl City. For the many songs from Owl City, it is all based from imagination and that is like the reason why I came to like Owl City. The main singer of the band, Adam Young, wrote this song when he was having a serious relationship at the time and it didn't work out. That was when he was harrowed by the fact on how so many people have a tendency to desire romance in order to avoid loneliness, which means that this song is not really about LOVE at all! *chuckles*

TJ: Sometimes, it is easy to be 'blinded by the light' and forget about what true romance is designed to be by God himself. When you just focus on all the warm fuzzies, then the relationship can become dangerous and disastrous very quickly. So the song plays closely to the fact that you need to pull yourself out of the lights and remember what's more important than the romantic butterflies that you desire to experience.

TJ: So Adam Young explained that the song is a cheeky song that quips, "Why are we in love if it's all for the wrong reasons?" So the message that he was trying to say through this piece is "The song is about fending off the blinding light of superficial fluff relationships and saying, 'Thanks, but I'd rather be alone and thus avoid a million shallow heartbreaks until I meet the girl of my dreams'."

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As TJ was riding his scooter outside, he stops to see the actual Delorean from Back To The Future. He was just in shock with his mouth agape. But when the left door opens, TJ just shrugged as he folds his scooter and goes inside the car. He starts the engine and starts driving through the streets as it was now nighttime.

Met a girl in the parking lot,
And all I did was say hello.
Her pepper spray made it rather hard
For me to walk her home.
But I guess that's the way it goes.

As he was driving, he was imagining seeing tons of shooting stars in the dark sky, fish swimming by like he was at the bottom of the ocean, and a reindeer standing by the grass field as TJ passed by it.

Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye.
Didn't you know love could shine this bright?
Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights.

When TJ felt like he needed a drink, he stops by a gas station as he exits the Delorean and enters the shop. Upon taking a few steps, he stops to see a girl that looked pretty working by the register. He then gave a small smile and started exploring the shop.

Met a girl with a graceful charm,
But when beauty met the beast he froze.
Got the sense I was not her type
By black eye and bloody nose,
But I guess that's the way it goes.

When he grabbed a bottle of MInute Maid Watermelon Punch, TJ couldn't stop thinking abotu that girl. It just felt like her aura is making him attracted to him. So after that, he started walking to the front of the store.

Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye.
Didn't you know love could shine this bright?
Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights.

When he stopped by the register, he gave a shy smile as the girl smiled back at him.

It's suffocating to say,
But the female mystique takes my breath away.
So give me a smile or give me a sneer,
'Cause I'm trying to guess here.

But it turns out it was his imagination cause it was actually a man working by the register. TJ realized it and it gave an awkward look. He payed for his drink and exit the shop and got back in the Delorean and drove away.

Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye.
Didn't you know love could shine this bright?
I'm sorry I ever tried, deer in the headlights.

When TJ was driving along the road, he saw a cartoon T-rex walking the opposite direction as he gave a small wave to the dinosaur.

Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye.
Didn't you know love could shine this bright?

When TJ imagined that he drove through a Mario Kart Dash Panel and felt that he was speeding up. So he gave a bright smile and started to use the main function to the Delorean. He pressed the keypad to the month of April to the year 2100, flipped some buttons, and hit the nitro boost.

If life was a game, you would never play nice.
If love was a beam, you'd be blind in both eyes.
Put your sunglasses on 'cause you're a deer in the headlights.

TJ felt the speed that the car was going at and he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by it.

You're the deer in the headlights.

As TJ placed the shift stick to drive, the speedometer was closing to 89 miles an hour. When it reached 89, the Delorean disappeared in a flash. But in TJ's point of view, he saw that he was travelling through the cosmos. And when he saw that he made it to the other side, he stepped on the brakes, stopping the car. And good grief that he did. Cause when he stopped, he looked through the front window. It was himself, wearing like an astronaut hazmat suit while holding a camera.

You're the deer in the headlights.

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