Talking Sh-T About A Pretty Sunset Analysis

Life has its ups and downs—recently I've been generally happy, but in the past... not so much. Music has helped me through a lot of times I thought I'd never get through. The song I picked, Talking Sh-t About A Pretty Sunset, is one of those helpful songs. A lot of Modest Mouse songs deal with depression, a heavy topic, but they have a way of describing it so that it just makes sense to anyone who's gone through, or is going through, similar struggles. The lyrics can make a listener feel less alone—they feel understood because they are.
"Talking sh-t about a pretty sunset"—This title lyric is what originally drew me to the song, being an angsty teen an all. The main question it posed was, "Why?". I understand now because I've lived it. For many people struggling with depression, myself included, everything starts to suck; by everything I mean everything. Your hobbies become a chore, the shows and movies you used to love so much are just plain boring, and the people you care about are just another annoyance in your life. You become cynical, bitter, and it shows because you want to whole world to know you're mad at it, you want the people around you to feel as bad as you do. You start to hate the best things in life, or perhaps envy is
Stereotypically, teenagers think they know everything, and I'm not an exception to that rule, though I like to think I've gotten better. We can be so persistent that our opinions are correct no matter how ill-informed on the subject. It's important to grow away from the toxic mindset that you're always right—listen to the other side and maybe, just maybe, have your mind changed; be tolerant of different ideas. I've done, said, and believed thing that I regret, probably more than I can count, but I've grown. All I can do is try and