Track 7: I'm All Fucked Up - This is Lorelei

I struggled with today’s song. Partly I think it’s just residual post-election emotions. I didn’t want to feel bad today. The weather was beautiful. My friends are expecting a baby. Positive things have happened. And they’re all overshadowed by this overwhelming sensation that nothing matters. We’ve been told certain things are whole lives about working hard, being good, doing the right thing, the importance of thinking carefully, violence isn’t the answer. And then we watch over and over again as the world rewards those who use their power and influence to manipulate others and get rewarded for it.

So this song came on as I was walking around and it just felt right. Upbeat, poppy, verbose, emotionally all over the map. I know next to nothing about this band, this song was recommended to me by the almighty algorithm. Sometimes they sound like a lo-fi punk versions of the Magnetic Fields. So uhh - hell yeah?

With lyrics like:

Sometimes I trace the stains that you left in my car /
And it makes me wanna cry, so I write another song /

Yeah. I don’t know why, but I get that feeling I’m all fucked up. Who isn’t, these days? What the hell is wrong with them?

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