in which a song is the ultimate kiss off and awesome at the same time

so, as the year is drawing to a close (can you believe it? i am having trouble processing this, as this year has gone by WAY TOO FAST, which is a sure sign that every adult who ever told me "the older you get, the faster the years go" was right), i've begun thinking about my favorite discoveries of the year. definitely in my top twenty would have to be you must be out of your mind by the magnetic fields. this group, which is one of singer-songwriter stephin merritt's bands (yep, he has several), covers a wide swath of indie genres including synthpop, folk-pop, and noise. this makes them interesting to listen to, because not all their music sounds alike - which is intriguing in itself, because sometimes, i really hate when bands and/or artists try to move outside of their typical sounds (i.e. ryan adams, who can be so, so brilliant and so, so not so).


you must be out of your mind is, in essence, the ultimate kiss-off song. i think pretty much everybody can really relate to it - haven't we all had this happen to us?

you think i'll run, not walk, to you
why would i want to talk to you?
i want you crawling back to me
down on your knees, yeah
like an appendectomy
sans anesthesia

you think you can leave the past behind
you must be out of your mind
if you think you can simply press rewind
you must be out of your mind, son
you must be out of your mind

you want what you turned off turned on
you call it sunset, now it's dawn
you can't go round just saying stuff
because it's pretty
and i no longer drink enough
to think you're witty...

you want to kindle that old flame
i don't remember your real name
it must be something scandalous
lurks in your shallows
if you needed santa claus
to buy your gallows...

you think you can leave the past behind
you must be out of your mind
if you think you can simply press rewind
you must be out of your mind, son
you must be out of your mind

(mp3) you must be out of your mind by the magnetic fields (via kickin the peanuts)

buy realism, the album this song is off of, HERE.

for extra fun, here's the video for i don't believe you by the magnetic fields (found on i - buy that album HERE):

(passion pit, take note. this is synths done right!)