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mixtape

1968-1986

lost in the supermarket, the clash
"i wasn't born so much as i fell out"

cry baby cry, the beatles
"she's old enough to know better"

stars n' you, malfunkshun
"my head is full of stars and you"

bitch, the vaselines
"i'm a real bitch, a twisted witch
i'll screw you around when you're feeling down"

loud love, soundgarden
"i've been deaf, now i want noise"

raindrops keep fallin' on my head, b. j. thomas
"i'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining"

pretty girls make graves, the smiths
"oh, heaven knows we'll soon be dust"

been a son, nirvana
"she should've died when she was born"

liar, sex pistols
"broke a confidence just to please your ego"

rock n roll, the runaways
"her life was saved by rock 'n' roll"

1986-1990

stargazer, mother love bone
"she out of mind and simply out of soul"

your pretty face is going to hell, the stooges
"a pretty face and a dirty look, knew right away that i'd have to get my hooks in you"

american pie, don mcclean
"this'll be the day that i die"

rehab doll, green river
"rehab doll says she craves a fix
rehab doll's in for quite a kick"

lovesong, the cure
"you make me feel like i am home again"

everybody's happy nowadays, buzzcocks
"i was tired of being upset
always wanting something i never could get"

even in his youth, nirvana
"even in his youth he was nothing"

i'm so happy when you're near, the shaggs
"every week you have to go
every time it's a different road"

hurt me, johnny thunders
"oh, hurt me
okay, i'll hurt you"

please call me, baby, tom waits
"so please call me, baby, wherever you are
it's too cold to be walking in the streets"

1990-1994

overblown, mudhoney
"everybody loves us, everybody loves our town"

four walled world, temple of the dog
"she swears she'll be gone
when the sun hits the ground"

ragweed, babes in toyland
"she's just tired of being ugly, she just want pretty things"

oh my lover, pj harvey
"don't you know it's alright? you can love her, you can love me at the same time"

blood, pearl jam
"drains and spills. soaks the pages. fills their sponges. it's my blood."

no name #4, elliott smith
"you start to drink, you just wanna continue
it'll all be yesteryear soon"

it ain't me babe, bob dylan
"i'm not the one you want, babe
i'll only let you down"

softer, softest, hole
"the abyss opens up,
it steals everything from me"

cool schmool, bratmobile
"i don't wanna sit around and talk about the wipers, weren't those the good old days?"

mary jane's last dance, tom petty and the heartbreakers
"i'm tired of screwing up, tired of goin' down, tired of myself, tired of this town"

1994-1996

don't follow, alice in chains
"forgot my woman, lost my friends"

the first taste, fiona apple
"darling, just start the chase, i'll let you win
but you must make the endeavor"

place to be, nick drake
"now i'm weaker than the palest blue
oh, so weak in this need for you"

forget her, jeff buckley
"i walk the streets to stop my weeping,
cause she'll never change her ways"

long gone day, mad season
"tears and lies for answers, you and open veins"

angelene, pj harvey
"prettiest mess you've ever seen"

where boys fear to tread, smashing pumpkins
"just maybe we could lose ourselves this time"

terrence loves you, lana del rey
"i still get trashed, baby, when i hear your tunes"

playing your song, hole
"you're drunk on apathy, you burned right out"

don't come around here no more, tom petty and the heartbreakers
"and whatever you're looking for
don't come around here no more"

1996-

rose blood, mazzy star
"funny how things change"

traveler, screaming trees
"it's a broken morning outside,
go easy on my mind"

heading for the door, duster
"stumbling through the crowd
i was heading for the door"

shame in you, alice in chains
"when i'm laying, i'm still trying,
concentrating on dying"

i'm so tired, fugazi
"out here, barely see my breath
surrounded by jealousy and death"

twilight, elliott smith
"haven't laughed this hard in a long time,
i better stop now before i start crying"

get gone, fiona apple
"how many times can escalate
'til it elevates to a place i can't breathe?"

all i need, radiohead
"i am all the days that you choose to ignore"

4/20/02, pearl jam
"you can't grow old using"

dancing in the moonlight, king harvest
"it's such a fine and natural sight
everybody's dancin' in the moonlight"

TW: this story will contain profanity, as well topics like drug and alcohol addiction, domestic abuse, depression/mental illness, and suicide. if you struggle, or are uncomfortable with any of these, please consider before reading.

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