Earlier today, our founding editor handed us one of those cheesy “carpe diem” columns that’s probably been written a million times before. You know the ones we’re talking about… those annoyingly perky articles that remind you of the fact that you only get 1,440 minutes every single day (and you don’t get any of them back).
Duh.
We get it … “gather ye rosebuds while ye may,” right? We saw Dead Poets Society.
Of course there was one line in the column, written for Palmetto Parent by the exquisitely-christened Nicky VanValkenburgh, that caught our eye.
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift,” VanValkenburgh wrote.
That’s actually kinda nice … and it reminded us of one of our favorite songs by Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan.
SARAH McLACHLAN: “BUILDING A MYSTERY”
You come out at night
that’s when the energy comes
and the dark side’s light
and the vampires roam
you strut your rasta wear
and your suicide poem
and a cross from a faith
that died before Jesus came
you’re building a mystery
You live in a church
where you sleep with voodoo dolls
and you won’t give up the search
for the ghosts in the halls
you wear sandals in the snow
and a smile that won’t wash away
can you look out the window
without your shadow getting in the way
you’re so beautiful
with an edge and a charm
but so careful
when I’m in your arms
‘Cause you’re working
building a mystery
holding on and holding it in
yeah you’re working
building a mystery
and choosing so carefully
You woke up screaming aloud
a prayer from your secret god
you feed off our fears
and hold back your tears oh
Give us a tantrum
and a know it all grin
just when we need one
when the evening’s thin
Oh you’re a beautiful
a beautiful fucked up man
you’re setting up your
razor wire shrine
Previously …
The Afghan Whigs – “Gentleman”
Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
Beck – “Loser”
Ben Folds Five – “Rockin’ The Suburbs”
Billy Ward & The Dominoes – “Sixty Minute Man”
The Black Crowes – “Wiser Time”
B.O.B. – “Nothing On You”
Coolio – “Fantastic Voyage”
Cypress Hill – “Rock Superstar”
The Cure – “Burn”
Eminem (ft. Rihanna) – “Love The Way You Lie”
Filter – “One (Cover)”
Foo Fighters – “Times Like These”
Foo Fighters – “My Hero”
The Fray – “The Great Beyond (Cover)”
James – “Born of Frustration (Live)”
Janet Jackson – “When I Think Of You”
Joy Division – “New Dawn Fades”
Kesha- “Your Love Is My Drug”
Katie Melua - “Just Like Heaven (Cover)”
Killers – “Shadowplay (Cover)”
Lady Ga Ga/ Beyonce – “Telephone”
Led Zeppelin – “Your Time Is Gonna Come/ Black Mountain Side”
Led Zeppelin – “Misty Mountain Hop”
LL Cool J – “Mama Said Knock You Out”
Metric – “Help I’m Alive”
Midnight Oil – “Dreamworld”
Monster Magnet – “Negasonic Teenage Warhead”
The National – “All The Wine”
Naughty By Nature – “O.P.P.”
Nena – “99 Luftballoons”
Nine Inch Nails – “Piggy”
Nine Inch Nails – “Hand That Feeds”
One Republic – “All The Right Moves”
Outkast – “Rosa Parks”
Owl City – “Hot Air Balloon”
The Outfield – “I Don’t Need Her”
Panic At The Disco! – “Karma Police” (Cover)
Pavement – “Range Life”
Pearl Jam – “Alive”
Pretenders – “Back On The Chain Gang”
Queen – “Somebody To Love”
R.E.M. – “These Days”
Smashing Pumpkins – “Geek, U.S.A.”
The Smiths – “Headmaster Ritual”
Soundgarden – “Outshined”
The Spin Doctors – “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues”
Stevie Wonder – “I Believe (When I Fall In Love This Time It Will Last Forever)”
Sting – “Fortress Around Your Heart”
Teenage Fanclub – “Hang On”
Tom Petty – “The Waiting”
Twilight Singers – “The Twilite Kid”
U2 – “Until The End Of The World”
U2 – “Where The Streets Have No Name”
The Waitresses – “I Know What Boys Like”
Weezer – “Put Me Back Together”
The Who – “Baba O’Riley”
Wu-Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M.”
Yeasayer – “Ambling Alp”
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