âI donât think that I accepted that I wasnât gonna die young until I was 26 or 27. I really donât think I fullyâŠwhen I was 14, 15, 16, 17âI mean I knew as sure as I know that I am wearing green shoes that I was going to die before much happened. It was a certainty for me. And I had shaken off the directly suicidal urge by the time I was 21 or 22, but I still was pretty sure I was going to die pretty young, it really felt like an inevitability. It takes a long time to realize no, youâve changedâŠif you shared those feelings with people at some point you go, âwell, I guess weâre going to stick around.â And itâs a funky thing to admit because thereâs a part of your inner younger self that kind of judges you for that.â
John Darnielle fucking me up with the single most relatable thing heâs ever said
reminds me of when he was about to play werewolf gimmick in 2015 and
â[Audience member: Live hard, die young!] Yeah, itâs a little too late for that, man. Itâs easy for you to say. I have news for you: sometimes⊠sometimes it turns out the slogan you didnât know you were living by was âlive hard, live long.â The slogan begins to stretch: âlive hard, live long, feel pain, go on. Wake up, keep going, keep going, keep going. Grow old, keep going, outlive all friends, last man alive, unending desert, so many stars, limitless, endless stars, throne standing alone in the desert, and yourself [inaudible]âŠ'â














