What was that one time when a song came on at exactly the right moment to match what was happening around you or to you just then?

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    2 days ago

    FIDLAR keeps describing aspects of my life as it’s happening. These four were actual needle drop moments as something big was happening in my real life.

    2012 - Wake, Bake, Skate

    Minus the skating, this is pretty much what my life was in 2012. My Nexus 4 had mysteriously stopped working as a cell phone (everything else worked fine, but the IMEI was all zeroes), Google was unwilling to RMA it because I didn’t have a spare $300 in my bank account and no credit card, so I was using Skype on it as a primary “phone.” “No Waves” and “5 to 9” also described this time as well.

    And I’m so fuckin’ cheap
    And I’m so fuckin’ broke
    And I don’t have a job
    And I don’t have a phone
    Don’t have a life
    And I’m always stoned

    2015 - Leave Me Alone

    Felt this one a lot in 2015. “Stupid Decisions” and “Bad Habits” from the same album also hit hard that year.

    I guess I’m damaged
    But I’ll manage
    In my room, all by myself
    Be dramatic

    Too late to die young, and too young to burn out
    (I’m so burnt out)
    Or I can fade away, I just say that I’m happy
    Now leave me alone
    Leave me alone

    I’m stupid
    So stupid
    And nothing in the world’s gonna change my mind
    So you can suck it

    2019 - Called You Twice

    As my long term relationship started to really fall apart.

    I never meant to call you
    But then I went and called you twice
    I never meant to know you
    But now I know the things you like and don’t like
    And baby, when I saw you
    I saw that we would crash and burn
    I went to every school but
    I never really learned

    2024 - Orange County

    I’m not from Orange County nor do I drink, but this easily described the aftermath of the end of the relationship and neither of us being able to move on easily. “Sad Kids,” “Making Shit Up,” “Dog House,” and “I Don’t Want To Do This” from the same album also described this year as well.

    Can’t eat, can’t sleep
    Can’t think, can’t blink
    I got a job working holidays
    Moved back to Orange County
    I’m running outta ways to say
    I’m sorry that you feel this way
    But if you wanna get back together

    I think, I drink
    I drink, I sink
    Don’t wanna talk about my issues
    Fuck you, I miss you
    And now I’m running outta things to say
    And all I wanna do is run away
    But if you wanna get back together

    I think I don’t wanna do this anymore
    I think I don’t wanna live like this anymore
    And I don’t think I’m suicidal, no I just wanna die
    I don’t think I’m suicidal, no I just wanna die


    Anyway, here I am, surviving the American dream.