For some of these songs it’s the flow and feel of the song, more so than the lyrics, that correspond to different huge moments or times in my life.

1 Almost Lovers – A Fine Frenzy
“Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?”

2 Pardon Me – Incubus
“A decade ago, I never thought I would be, at twenty three, on the verge of spontaneous combustion”

3 Suicide Medicine – Rocky Votolato
“A brain that never stops ticking, sometimes an on-off switch would sure come in handy”

4 Black Angel – Buck 65
“The insanities – I remember all of their names”

5 Bandages – Hot Hot Heat
“Feels like my head is spinning round and round, around, around, around, around, around”

6 Life Like Weeds – Modest Mouse
“And in the faces you see, you’ll see just who you’ve been”

7 Feel Good Hit of the Summer – Queens of the Stone Age
“Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol”