You cry when you get drunk And I can't find the right things to say Sooner or later you'll start breaking plates And I'll do what I can to stay out of your way There is nobody innocent here I've got more blood on my hands than you do It's you and it's me and the baby makes three Yeah but we've got our love to carry us through We've got our love to carry us through I cry when I'm hungry Something is wrong with my brain And the ghost of our future's awake in the attic He moans and he wails as he rattles his chain We embrace on the floor in the kitchen Emissaries from neighboring lands When I hunt down the vampire that did this to us I will rip out his heart with my hands I will rip out his heart with my hands I don't think this song is alpha. Young infant imagery is a key part of it for me, the sound screams very smell and feel of a young baby, and the other character is drinking and distressed, if we could assume this is the man's pov i would say the woman has postpartum. I just think it's too soft
Alternatively, Letters and Baboon are both alpha couple songs, and this is also a alpha couple song, in a story much much longer than any of us guessed and kinda also much worse. The order going approximately: [entirety of Tallahassee, including 'No Children', which is kinda self-explanatory], then Baboon, then Soft Targets sometime later, and then Letter From a Motel several years later; and finally 'Design Your Own Container Garden', which is imo one of the very-final songs about the poor bastards, and the only one where the narrator finds a modicum of peace.
+Mr Silver That's a good question! I think Alpha Sun Hat would fit within the middle of Tallahassee (because of the obvious Tallahassee line as well as well as the sheer amount of vitrol in it), while Alphabetizing and Alpha Omega respectively are at either end of their relationship. In Alphabetizing the narrator expresses love for, y'know, fellow humans as well as their intended, so it'd be before their marriage had crushed the willingness to be around other people out of them, near to the beginning of the story. Alpha Omega, meanwhile, I picture being very shortly before DYOCG, but from different viewpoints; Alpha Omega by the partner who got left behind and DYOCG as the one who's coming back after the whole place had gotten less radioactive. *Also DYOCG is narrated by whoever took the children with them when they left in Alpha Omega.
to move on and be happy because he still loves her(our love will carry us through, when I find the vampire who did this I'll rip out his heart, etc.). I wouldn't be surprised if the baby isn't even the husband's, if you interpret the ghost of our future bit with the connotation of a negative weight.
It's not an alpha song. these people are much more introspective than alpha couple. also the alpha couple don't have kids. And from the lyrics, this couple seemed to be fairly normal until the wife apparently cheated, which she can't seem to forgive herself for (the crying), and her guilt is tearing them apart (emissaries from neighboring lands suggests distance), but the baby is preventing the split (ghost of our future I think is referring to baby), and the husband seems to just want
This song and Letter From a Motel being alpha songs disallow Baboon being an Alpha song. I think Baboon fits better than both. Thus I think this and Letter From a Motel are not alpha songs.
i know that there’s a whole lot of discourse about whether or not this is an alpha song, mainly on the point of whether or not they have a child, but consider: ‘the baby’ isn’t actually a baby, she’s just pregnant. either via miscarriage or abortion, they never actually have the baby. miscarriage could also tie into their alcoholism. just a thought but i really do think this is an alpha song.
Just when I think I've heard all his stuff, I find something new. Well, now I have to do a cover of this.
You cry when you get drunk
And I can't find the right things to say
Sooner or later you'll start breaking plates
And I'll do what I can to stay out of your way
There is nobody innocent here
I've got more blood on my hands than you do
It's you and it's me and the baby makes three
Yeah but we've got our love to carry us through
We've got our love to carry us through
I cry when I'm hungry
Something is wrong with my brain
And the ghost of our future's awake in the attic
He moans and he wails as he rattles his chain
We embrace on the floor in the kitchen
Emissaries from neighboring lands
When I hunt down the vampire that did this to us
I will rip out his heart with my hands
I will rip out his heart with my hands
I don't think this song is alpha. Young infant imagery is a key part of it for me, the sound screams very smell and feel of a young baby, and the other character is drinking and distressed, if we could assume this is the man's pov i would say the woman has postpartum. I just think it's too soft
I know I heard this song before Jordan Lake Sessions Volume 2 but I have no idea where
I believe this is an alpha song, prove me wrong
Will Neumann Hey... Maybe the baby was yet to be born in this song... And ultimately never was...
You're welcome, Will.
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this might be an alpha song, it screams alpha, but I don't know where in the series it goes
Don't think the alpha couple had a kid, but still has the same vibe
Yeah. Alpha Couple has "No Children"
Alternatively, Letters and Baboon are both alpha couple songs, and this is also a alpha couple song, in a story much much longer than any of us guessed and kinda also much worse.
The order going approximately: [entirety of Tallahassee, including 'No Children', which is kinda self-explanatory], then Baboon, then Soft Targets sometime later, and then Letter From a Motel several years later; and finally 'Design Your Own Container Garden', which is imo one of the very-final songs about the poor bastards, and the only one where the narrator finds a modicum of peace.
GlowingBlueIris What about Alpha Sun Hat, Alpha Omega, and Alpha Betizing, for instance?
+Mr Silver That's a good question! I think Alpha Sun Hat would fit within the middle of Tallahassee (because of the obvious Tallahassee line as well as well as the sheer amount of vitrol in it), while Alphabetizing and Alpha Omega respectively are at either end of their relationship.
In Alphabetizing the narrator expresses love for, y'know, fellow humans as well as their intended, so it'd be before their marriage had crushed the willingness to be around other people out of them, near to the beginning of the story. Alpha Omega, meanwhile, I picture being very shortly before DYOCG, but from different viewpoints; Alpha Omega by the partner who got left behind and DYOCG as the one who's coming back after the whole place had gotten less radioactive.
*Also DYOCG is narrated by whoever took the children with them when they left in Alpha Omega.
GlowingBlueIris Don't know. As of 2012, at least, John was citing Alpha Omega as the chronologically last Alpha Couple song.
@@MrSilvUr Yeah but the alternate ending is alpha rats nest
to move on and be happy because he still loves her(our love will carry us through, when I find the vampire who did this I'll rip out his heart, etc.). I wouldn't be surprised if the baby isn't even the husband's, if you interpret the ghost of our future bit with the connotation of a negative weight.
Cheating is a viable interpretation, but given JD's use of the vampire metaphor for addicts/drugs/ etc. before, it could mean a lot of things.
It's not an alpha song. these people are much more introspective than alpha couple. also the alpha couple don't have kids. And from the lyrics, this couple seemed to be fairly normal until the wife apparently cheated, which she can't seem to forgive herself for (the crying), and her guilt is tearing them apart (emissaries from neighboring lands suggests distance), but the baby is preventing the split (ghost of our future I think is referring to baby), and the husband seems to just want
This song and Letter From a Motel being alpha songs disallow Baboon being an Alpha song. I think Baboon fits better than both. Thus I think this and Letter From a Motel are not alpha songs.
i know that there’s a whole lot of discourse about whether or not this is an alpha song, mainly on the point of whether or not they have a child, but consider: ‘the baby’ isn’t actually a baby, she’s just pregnant. either via miscarriage or abortion, they never actually have the baby. miscarriage could also tie into their alcoholism. just a thought but i really do think this is an alpha song.
Oooo that explains the baboon line "if you were fit to give me children"
this isn't an alpha song. its called Soft Targets. not Alpha Soft Targets
Is there any version of this that is not bassboosted as hell?
Nevermind this, I have come to appreciate the boost