Well, at least you're free to say it. That's something.

[melannen]

So I mentioned a post of ACADEMIC ANGST. It might still get written but will hopefully be more insightful than angsty at that point. I'm feeling burnt out in more ways than one right now. I'm going to post angsty song lyrics instead.

In fact, this is my *song* for soul-searching and depression and angst. It resonated with me the first time I ever heard it in high school, and it's still just as true as ever. It says *exactly* what I always need to say when I start to despair of my future. And it says it so clearly and succintly yet manages *not* to make me feel any better. I tried to teach myself guitar just so I could learn chords for it. *and* I can't believe that none of the lyrics are yet online, except the ones I've quoted in lj posts before. So,

I've seen a lot of faces
And I've been a lot of places
So I know I must be going somewhere.
The world keeps spinning
And I'm always just beginning to begin,
But I never really get there.
The times and the seasons go on,
But all the rhymes and the reasons are gone
I know I'll discover
After it's all over and done
I should've been a nun.

--Tommy Smothers.

And I really should have. Maybe I will yet.