u/StarCraftDad

What was that all about last night?

Every time I listen to it, I love it more and more. Pat and Rivers, when they write songs together, are an unstoppable force.

Why do I like this song?

1. Quirky lyrics (TMBG-esque)

2. Charlie Brown bridge (again, TMBG-esque)

3. Rivers sounds like he's having fun singing it (cannot say that about much of his discography)

4. One of the most indie-sounding tracks ever by this band.

5. Being followed up by *Nowhere* makes it even more special, because that song also rocks!

I suddenly remembered out of nowhere that Jason wrote a song back in 2020 about Rivers, and after listening to that NPR interview, the lyrics seem way apropos:

*When you need a happy place to be*

Where the children are well and the songs are safe to sing

*Remember all the jams we use to play*

Down on Stoner Ave. back in the day

*There is a perfect dream, or so it was*

The saddest boy who played with the toughest fuzz

*He traveled far on a quest for true love*

You'd fly so high

*Don't have to lie!*

Rivers, sing your song

*When you need a happy place to go*

'Cause the TV screens have reached a new low

*Remember all the songs we used to sing*

When Jen was queen and Patrick was her king

*There is a perfect dream, or so it seems*

Still reflecting from an old music scene

*Matt was kind, we had a good time*

And we'd sing our pretty songs

*All about the sunshine*

Rivers, sing your song

*You'll always be the one who hurts the best*

Playing with your kids in an ocean out west

*You'll always be the one inside my heart*

Put down the flowchart

*And pick up your guitar*

Rivers, sing your song

*Pick up your guitar*

I'm flying home to be near the ones I love

*People who love music so much more than enough*

Rivers, Matthew, Patrick, Patrick, Mykel, Carli, Karl

*Brian, Mikey, Scott, Darrin, playing all the while*

Always be the love in the songs you sing

*Always give it all for the kids who're listening*

'Cause you got a golden gift inside your mind

*Follow your heart*

And the treasure we'll find

*Rivers, sing your song*

Please, take me along

*Rivers, sing your song*

Hoo-ooh-ooh

You can literally see the stubble on Rivers' face. Also, Brian Bell with a buzz cut.

God, I love how awkward he is

I know it's not a deeply serious lyric, but humor me. What is being expressed here? Why would it be a cool or positive thing if you ask a girl to go to a concert with you, but she has never heard of the band? I'd think that's either a negative thing or perhaps nuetral, but not "cool".

FOR THOSE WHO PARTOOK OF THE FORBIDDEN CASSETTE TAPE FRUIT:

Honest opinions on this song?

I'll comment mine afterwards so as not to taint.

Mahalo! 🤙🏽

I listened to most of it.

It sounds like what a song would sound like if Pat Wilson & Rivers wrote it for Songs From the Black Hole.

This is VERY MUCH A GOOD THING. AMAZING, EVEN.

You know who yo^(u ar)e.

The ^(good) ones who simply casually browse Reddit:

Hear you me.

How would Mykel and Carli have responded to this song?

RINO here doing electoral damage control.

Which of the candidates are most sympathetic towards any support of the MIDA Stratos Project being carried out in Utah?

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Seat A and Seat B

I think it's fine.

El fin.

*What:

Protest rolling blackouts, extreme heat, and water scarcity issues of the Stratos AI Data Centre Project proposed for Box Elder County.

*When:

June 5th, 2026 @ 4:30 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m.

*Where:

The Utah state Capitol Roundabout @ State Street & 3rd North

{**Bring posters, music, and your voices etc.

Show the Utah congress that we demand accountability & a 💯 Rollback of the Project!**}