For Those Who Don't Like to Read: You probably know Off Minor. If you don't, well they write some of the best lyrics I've ever read. I'm also going to try and write shorter entries now, I hate being redundant.
Instead of putting this in the little disclaimer, I feel it's better to write this here. Off Minor is one of the very small amount of bands in the world that can actually move me to tears. Off Minor is one of the very small amount of bands in the world that I will actually throw out all of my voice to, for every single song. All of their lyrics are truly something else, and it also helps that the music they play along to is also quite fantastic. It also helps that Off Minor wrote 2 of the most sincere (god I hate using that word when it comes to describing music) and fantastic albums of the last decade.
Off Minor- "Everything Explicit"
what's best left unsaid? a speaker spent, a listener left with regrets in his stead. in a life of loss, silence can cost you more than you expect. held tongues relate a bitter taste when prone to reminisce. anamnestic but recipient absent, the circuit's dead. as we live these linear lives, unidirectional, towards an inevitable end we must make everything explicit. that's how we left it: unsaid. i'm at a loss for words.
There are two songs that Off Minor wrote that are especially important to me. The first one, and probably the most important, is Everything Explicit. I don't know how Off Minor managed to nail the thoughts I've had about losing someone close to me, but this song hits way too close to home for me to be comfortable hearing. Honestly, this might rank as the most important song in my life, because nothing I have ever heard as ever been able to put into words how hard it is to know you can never ask someone another question again, it's something will forever burn into your conscience. I really hope anyone that reads this doesn't know what this is like, or will never know what it's like; it's truly one of the most awful feelings in the world; one of the feelings that will forever haunt me, straight to my fucking grave.
Off Minor- "Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options"
post-morbidity, pre-mortality, the dying proceeds and the living itercede
on behalf of your best interests as we perceive them
and so you sign, this document, stating the following: "please let me go"
post-morbidity, pre-mortality, facing the inevitably
that i could never begin to understand
what is it you see staring down the barrel of limited options?
what goes through your mind as you make the decision to end all decisions?
never say everything will be ok
never say everything will be ok
never say everything will be ok
NEVER, AGAIN
The second Off Minor song that means more than the world to me is "Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options." Reading the lyrics, it should be painfully obvious what this song is about. If you don't, well shit, sorry, I'm not spelling this one out for you. I will continue to talk about it though, and then the painfully obvious will become painfully obvious to you. Wanting to kill yourself sucks. It sucks too much. That feeling is also up there for one of the worst things I've ever felt, and I really hope I never feel this way again. It's a true burden of weight upon your psyche, and the thought of it alone is enough to crush you. To anyone who ever feels this way, please talk to someone you care about. Let people know the way you feel, because feeling this way is a whole other world, and if you don't find help, it will get to you. And no one should have to feel this weight, everyone has a purpose, even if you haven't found it yet.
Sappy and shit, I know. But something like this is really important to me. These two songs are really important to me. And that bass line in "Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options" is really fucking great. If you haven't heard anything by Off Minor, I really do strongly suggest you hear at least these two songs.
Split w/ Life Detecting Coffins (as far as I know, no upload of this exists, but the songs on this 7" should be In SL and Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options)
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