Nightlife

I’m not usually one for looking too deeply into song lyrics but this one hit me hard:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2gTVUNQeGtHXKWlrgcXcvG?si=7dA1ynrlTVOERL73Y8KGTw

Nightlife– Off With Their Heads

“I left it to chance; I never should’ve let this get so far out of hand
But I’ll do anything to not be alone ’cause when I’m alone you know I’ll…
I can easily fall back into old habits that I thought I’d left behind
And they rip me apart and I realize…

Don’t be alarmed, I have to lie
Take everything and keep it inside
I know I’m sick and I’m not right. I’m so fucking tired of living this life
I made for myself, I’m sorry that I cannot get past what keeps me away from the light
I hope this explains my problem to you, because I feel like this every night

Don’t wanna be like this, anxious and angry or hopeless and upset- all the time
Unable to get back the feeling I lost somewhere along the line
I wear it all on my sleeve and everyone sees no matter how hard I try
I’ve never felt worse in my whole life

Don’t be alarmed, I have to lie
Take everything and keep it in stride
I know I’m sick and I’m not right. I’m so fucking tired of living this life
I made for myself, I’m sorry that I cannot get past what keeps me away from the light
I hope this explains my problem to you, because I feel like this every night

Feel like this every night
(Night after night)”

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I am a web developer with almost twenty years experience currently working for a local non-profit organization. I started working in HTML with Dreamweaver in 1996 then moved to Flash a few years later. Many years were spent mastering Actionscript only to have Flash die out. Luckily, I had also been programming in Javascript for a while so the transition to HTML5/CSS/Javascript was relatively painless. During the Flash years I had gotten into PHP and MySQL for server-side dynamic content. I have been able to incorporate my knowledge of these languages - and a few new ones picked up along the way- to move seamlessly into mobile application development and now (thanks to frameworks like node-js and NighTrain) have also started developing desktop applications that run in tandem with sister mobile and web-based applications. I also spent years working in digital media- mostly television and video. Final Cut Pro Studio was my game- editing with FCP & Motion was my specialty. Also did a bit of audio work: mastering, recording my personal music, etc. These are a few of my favourite things: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Cordova, Apache, Brackets, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, PhoneGap, XCode, coffee, Middle Eastern food, organic farming and Virgil's root beer. Oh yeah- I guess my family's alright, too.

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