The ‘secret garden’ is our own inner self, our deepest desires, fears, or truths. the desire for connection with others mirrors the desire to know ourselves fully, yet some parts will always remain elusive. It can never be pinned down because everything else (thoughts, memories, desires) is already a reflection or a distortion; we’re always chasing something that’s simultaneously within us and beyond us. Our inner sense of incompleteness always leads us to seek love, understanding, and intimacy, but the ultimate “truth” or “core”, whether in another person or ourselves, is never fully grasped. And the melancholy comes from realizing...

The ‘secret garden’ is our own inner self, our deepest desires, fears, or truths. the desire for connection with others mirrors the desire to know ourselves fully, yet some parts will always remain elusive. It can never be pinned down because everything else (thoughts, memories, desires) is already a reflection or a distortion; we’re always chasing something that’s simultaneously within us and beyond us. Our inner sense of incompleteness always leads us to seek love, understanding, and intimacy, but the ultimate “truth” or “core”, whether in another person or ourselves, is never fully grasped. And the melancholy comes from realizing that the search itself might be endless… yet unavoidable.

You fools. In this song, DCFC is simply and literally worrying about the megathrust earthquake which the Cascadia Subduction Zone is due to produce. The CSZ is a long fault line along the west coast, stretching from British Columbia past WA, OR, and northern CA. DCFC, if you were unaware, are Seattle natives. The CSZ ruptures at regular intervals, approx 280-350 years. The last rupture was Jan. 26th 1700, so it is due - in fact, overdue going by intervals from the past 4000 years.

You fools. In this song, DCFC is simply and literally worrying about the megathrust earthquake which the Cascadia Subduction Zone is due to produce. The CSZ is a long fault line along the west coast, stretching from British Columbia past WA, OR, and northern CA. DCFC, if you were unaware, are Seattle natives. The CSZ ruptures at regular intervals, approx 280-350 years. The last rupture was Jan. 26th 1700, so it is due - in fact, overdue going by intervals from the past 4000 years.

Related: the song Lunchmeat by Menomena reflects the same anxiety about the same event, particularly the associated...

Related: the song Lunchmeat by Menomena reflects the same anxiety about the same event, particularly the associated tsunami that will immediately follow the earthquake. They were/are also Pacific Northwest natives.

After a failed 20 yr marriage (knew her for 3 weeks before she got pregnant), I met the love of my life. A gift from God. I finally found everything I was looking for, but she had baggage that I couldn’t get past. I also had some. I truly loved her. We got engaged. I was never happier. In the end she was in love with not who I am but who she wanted me to be. To become that I would have lost my identity. Maybe if I found the right words, I could have held on to...

After a failed 20 yr marriage (knew her for 3 weeks before she got pregnant), I met the love of my life. A gift from God. I finally found everything I was looking for, but she had baggage that I couldn’t get past. I also had some. I truly loved her. We got engaged. I was never happier. In the end she was in love with not who I am but who she wanted me to be. To become that I would have lost my identity. Maybe if I found the right words, I could have held on to her heart. She ceased contact. I will never be the same. All I have are the pictures of you Simone.

After reading the GQ article he did a while back, I came back to this song and it hit really hard. After all the experiences he had with his mother and his parents tumultuous relationship, this song really reads like a poem of that childhood era. Things had to change, for him and his older brother. Being reminded that you’re stuck there with nowhere left to run but to your own escapism somewhere far. Leaving home and realizing the reality of why that came to be the way it did; to leave something traumatic behind. I read it as...

After reading the GQ article he did a while back, I came back to this song and it hit really hard. After all the experiences he had with his mother and his parents tumultuous relationship, this song really reads like a poem of that childhood era. Things had to change, for him and his older brother. Being reminded that you’re stuck there with nowhere left to run but to your own escapism somewhere far. Leaving home and realizing the reality of why that came to be the way it did; to leave something traumatic behind. I read it as in a sense, you are always somewhere there because of some imaginary shackles those experiences have left on you. I was really attached to this song all of high school, never understanding why. Now I know our experiences mirrored each others in a bizarre way. Love u kev