OLD SCHOOL EMO

Pianos Become the Teeth - I’ll Get By

It seems we all get sick. We all die in some no name hospital with the same colored walls. And I guess that’s fine. But I want to swallow, I want to stomach, I want to live

I’m setting the scene with an uncharacteristically warm autumn night. I walked into the local convenient store to purchase milk. A man tried to rob the store. The owner called the potential robber’s bluff. He saw life as more than just a string of disconnected events. He didn’t win, but he certainly didn’t lose. He’ll probably never really win. Mark, Chris Palmer, and I sat on Mark’s stoop watching the cars pass by. We talked about being adults, about owning up to the things in life that keep the earth spinning. 17th and Diamond, 11pm. Making my way home, I found myself detoured by the police at 15th . Coming to a blockade of Broad Street for a combined drive-by shooting, hit and run, officer down. This song came on and I felt like it all suddenly made sense as I wandered home with my tail between my legs. I’ve been feeling pretty tired.

Hey mom, please don’t be worried about me. I’l get by.