@promisingthings re: songs about Jacob… I liked your analysis a lot. I have thought about songs that fit Jacob off and on, so I thought I might add to your budding collection.
Hey, Who Really Cares by Linda Perhacs (specifically for the narrator asking for someone to listen to them)
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts by X. (Just feels very Jacob… the lyrics, the mantra of ‘I must not think bad thoughts,’ the themes of social justice & anxiety about the state of the world, just the anxiety of it in general… + American history. This is my #1 Jacob song lol)
Did My Best by The Voidz (how I imagine his childhood and life has been (to a degree). Loneliness & the growing awareness you don’t fit in and struggle to get along with people)
Why Can’t We Be Friends by War. Obviously. Hahaha.