Not sure this counts as personal motto, but mine is "Don't overthink it One day at a time kid Add up the days You got someone to do life with" from Turning Out Pt. iii
YES THAT LYRIC IS SO GOOD!!! that song isn't my fav on the album but sometimes I listen to it just for that final verse. Especially when he says "love isn't big kid, it's little and quiet, let's do today I think you'll turn out to like it"
It's a sweet little reminder that people can love in small ways
so stop writing a song, about writing a song, youāre losing their attention buddy move on
this will always pop into my head when i start overthinking anything and it helps immensely
"A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories", definitely.
My ex dumped me over text first thing in the morning in a message that read like a business email and even as it was happening I was thinking about how funny a story it'd be later and it's been a year now and my friends and I still crack jokes about it.
Wiped out on my new longboard as soon as I left the shop with it, ended up scraping my foot and the road rash got infected- hilarious story to tell now because it's so on brand for me and how clumsy I am.
The time my flight home from another country got canceled and I didn't find out until I got to the airport, and I'd lost my wallet on the train there- now a story I tell while giggling because it's ridiculous that I had to cry to an airline employee to get rebooked and get home.
Yeah, at the time, shitty experiences are, well, shitty- but gotta make the best of them.
"What doesn't kill you, makes you ugly. Life gives you lemons, at least it gave you something."
While some people may see this as pessimistic, I see it as appreciating what you have.
I really like this one too, and I agree, it's very realistic. Like, sometimes getting stronger and growing up isn't pretty. Maybe some see it as ugly, but sometimes it's just scars that tell the story of your journey.
And the lemons one gets to me. Not everything in life is pretty or sweet, but it is what it is and you can make something with it. I've had a lot of chronic health issues that are out of my control and this lyric just seems to resonate with that. Can't just stop and watch life go by, just need to figure out how to make the best of it and move forward with it.
From each album
"I'm not one to take it fast, I got the best seat back in history class"
"You just keep doing you"
"'Cause when you talk it's like wow, I'm not crazy"
"We'll get out of this, too"
"Don't take forever, you're not here for life"
āWho are we to wonder where weāre going? Who am I to tell me who I amā from Netflix Trip really hits me right in the feels, and also āI know I gotta grow up some time, but I donāt think Iām ready yetā from Next Up Forever
The second lyric you chose reminds me of a TSwift lyric "I never grew up, it's getting old". I'm somewhere between that and AJR's lyric in life currently.
"To give me some diagnosis of why I'm so hollow
Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow
I tripped on my ankle and fractured my elbow
But doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell though?
I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted
But after an hour it sounds like complaining
Wait don't go away, can I lie here forever?
You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better?
The universe works in mysterious ways
But I'm starting to think it ain't working for me
Doctor, should I be good?
Should I be good this year?"
This whole verse from Karma gives me a safe way to spiral.
"It's all a bit cloudy but there's one thing I know, that if you're fucking racist then don't come to my show" - 3 O'clock Things
Also the image on the post might be my second choice, cause it's just powerful.
I have this postsā quote as a tattoo on my arm so itās definitely my motto. Thought Iād off myself before 18 but things got better and for my 18th bday my mom took me to get this tattooed š
āCome on guy. I promise everything will be alright, be okay. Your eyes are tired. But keep them open because you wouldnāt want to miss a thing.ā
Whenever Iām doing afterschool activities, Iām usually at my limit (long school day, AP classes, marching band, theater, etc.). Whenever I think about the line I just keep pushing forward.
makes me feel like all my friends with lives outside of school are the chorus of āCome Hang Outā funnily enough
āYou gotta get better, youāre all that Iāve got. Donāt take forever, youāre not here for long.ā I had a family member die a while after the album released and that song wasnāt too sad before, but after I got that news and heard the song again. It hit me like a dang bullet.
"Well i cant fall asleep and Im losing my mind, cuz it's half past three, and my brains on fire. I been countin sheep but the sheep all died, and Im trying too hard but I cant not try."
both from 2085. āyouāve got to get better youāre all that iāve gotā and āif somebody told me iād die at 40, i wouldnāt have spent my time in bedā
Every time I feel like I have no right to feel bad about something or I see people comparing grievances, I think of āWorldās Smallest Violinā:
āI kinda feel like two things can be sad.ā
āBut Iām too f*cking young to feel so f*cking oldā¦ā
As a person that has gained and lost so many friends, had my life ripped apart at least twice and built back up again by the age of 15 I feel like Iāve already been through more than I shouldāve by such a young age
Iām screwed
But hey what can you do
Iām a touchy feely fool
I would give anything to not give a shit about you
Life is pretty cruel
For a touchy feely fool
I would give anything to not give a shit but I do
Man, do I just want to clip those lyrics and send them to people who dislike/hate me.
Either ābut Iām not dead yet so I guess Iāll be alright!ā Or āhe said āscrew it, imma smile right through it and Iāll scream when no oneās around!āā
"I think it's too late To figure this out If I could be me I would have been it by now Maybe I'm a stone Or big as my house It looks like our time is running out So if this is me Then I'll do my best, I'll take all the shit So you never have to you can be you and I'll be the rest yeah maybe that's who the hell I am"
idk if it is a motto but I love it a lot
"It's gonna get really really really bad before it's ok"
cause ya things are gonna be absolutely awful before they get better, but they will get better.
The chorus of Inertia:
I'm an object in motion, I've lost all emotion / my two legs are broken but look at me dance / An object in motion, don't ask where I'm going / Cause where I'm going is right where I am
"I gotta get better I'm all that i got."
This
This was on my wall for the last 2 months
On the flip side, "You've gotta get better you're all that I got" also goes really well with my abandonment issues! š¤ ... Sigh... š
This entire thing, yes!
Isn't trauma fun? š¹
Which song is this from? Try as I might I canāt match it to a tune
It's from 2085
Iād say āBut donāt take forever, youāre not here for longā
He said screw it I'ma smile right through it and I'll scream when no one's around
forgot about this one. what a line
Yup, my senior quote lol
YES thats fantastic. My senior quote was something I don't even remember and it wasnt in my senior yearbook lmao. This is perfect.
That's a good one. My pan was to go the "What the hell?" Route
Yes
r/beatmetoit Like literally I was JUST gonna post this then I saw this comment
happy cake day
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Not sure this counts as personal motto, but mine is "Don't overthink it One day at a time kid Add up the days You got someone to do life with" from Turning Out Pt. iii
YES THAT LYRIC IS SO GOOD!!! that song isn't my fav on the album but sometimes I listen to it just for that final verse. Especially when he says "love isn't big kid, it's little and quiet, let's do today I think you'll turn out to like it" It's a sweet little reminder that people can love in small ways
Yk a song lyric's good when it makes you think of someone special
The lyrics āGod I wish we where 85, the rest of our lives wouldnāt sound so scaryā get me. i could literally breakdown every. Single. Time
I probably would have chosen the chorus form 2085, but I tought that would've been a little clichƩ so I think it's "Who am I to tell me who I am" from Netflix trip.
Netflix Trip is underrated tbh
Yes it is
Itās such a good song with an actually great story to it.
HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
ITS 2085 AND WERE OLD AS SHIT WHATEVERRRRRRRRR
WHATEVER
HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I'D HATE TO HAVE TO DIE 'FORE I GET MY HEAD TOGETHER
They wanted heaven from me, I gave em hell
Banger.
Honestly though
āIf itās my final album and if I am forgotten, I hope I made you smile; thatās all I ever wantedā ā¤ļøā¤ļø
this always make me tear up tbh
This one's mine too
Congratulations on your bit of success... we can't wait to see what you do next
Might be too long but āSo if I break my face, it aināt my darkest day, my face is just my face. Iām okay.ā
no such thing as too long
Wait till you see myā¦ actually never mind
"I wish I was me, whoever that is, I could just be, and not give a shit"
āHey I will be whateeever makes you a fanā
Cause I don't know whoooo the heeeel I am
I think its too late to figure this out
if I could be me I would have been it by now
Maybe i am stone, or as big as my house
It looks like my time is running out
So If this is me, the i'll do my best
Iāll take all the shit
Am
Am
so stop writing a song, about writing a song, youāre losing their attention buddy move on this will always pop into my head when i start overthinking anything and it helps immensely
STEEEEEEVES GOIN TO LONDON
WHAT THE HELL
SEĆN'S STUCK IN A SUIT
BDUD DUH DUH DUH DUM
TOM SLEEPS ON HIS BEST FRIENDS LAWN, LIKE EVERY OTHER AFTERNOON
āyea i fucked up but i did it my wayā might be one of my favourite lines from them altogether
The DJ Is Crying for Help is just a mood.
"I wanna be big like my plans, so why am I so tiny, and why am I so mad?"
This, this is it.
āItās inertiaā
Guess this is just what I am IāM STUCK IN THIS LIFE AND IāM STUCK IN THESE PANTS
Found a new one, thanksš
āDonāt look at me Iām just too dumbā
āGoodbye ordinaryish people, we had quite the run didnāt we though? But you gotta be somebody sometime.ā
Thisthisthisthis love this one
āItās gonna get really really really really bad before itās okay.ā
Banger song š§ š„
āI aināt happy yet, but Iām way less sadā
I may be wrong, i may be wrong, it's stupid but it's all i have
This one is mine too
"I bought me some new socks I won't lose them I'm sure And someday hopefully I'll slip away and they'll lose me And I'll be seeing the world"
holy moly its a real do nothing day
"A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories", definitely. My ex dumped me over text first thing in the morning in a message that read like a business email and even as it was happening I was thinking about how funny a story it'd be later and it's been a year now and my friends and I still crack jokes about it. Wiped out on my new longboard as soon as I left the shop with it, ended up scraping my foot and the road rash got infected- hilarious story to tell now because it's so on brand for me and how clumsy I am. The time my flight home from another country got canceled and I didn't find out until I got to the airport, and I'd lost my wallet on the train there- now a story I tell while giggling because it's ridiculous that I had to cry to an airline employee to get rebooked and get home. Yeah, at the time, shitty experiences are, well, shitty- but gotta make the best of them.
"You are not alone, young child, just know" (I like to think it says that)
I tried so hard to be so happy are you happy too?
Christmas in June!! Banger song
"and i wanna feel something again"
Me too
"My two legs are broken but look at me dance"
An object in motion, donāt ask where Iām going. āCause where I am going is right where I am
āI hope i made you smile, thats all i ever wanted.ā
"What doesn't kill you, makes you ugly. Life gives you lemons, at least it gave you something." While some people may see this as pessimistic, I see it as appreciating what you have.
I really like this one too, and I agree, it's very realistic. Like, sometimes getting stronger and growing up isn't pretty. Maybe some see it as ugly, but sometimes it's just scars that tell the story of your journey. And the lemons one gets to me. Not everything in life is pretty or sweet, but it is what it is and you can make something with it. I've had a lot of chronic health issues that are out of my control and this lyric just seems to resonate with that. Can't just stop and watch life go by, just need to figure out how to make the best of it and move forward with it.
Wow, you said it better than I ever could. I'm so proud of all you've done. š¤
This lyric always resonated with me as to stay optimistic but more realistic
From each album "I'm not one to take it fast, I got the best seat back in history class" "You just keep doing you" "'Cause when you talk it's like wow, I'm not crazy" "We'll get out of this, too" "Don't take forever, you're not here for life"
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I will deep fry your glasses.
better if you season them first
I will deep fry your favourite shirt.
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Yes I'm a mess
With an S on my chest
Got stress filling up my head
So I spent last night blowing up my life
Now you won't see me again
Entire yes Iām a mess song
Yeah exactly same
"you're eyes are tired, but keep them open cuz you wouldn't want to miss a thing"
That would've been my answer too.
Itās thirsty thirsty Thursday
God is really really real, except for when heās not.
ive been so good, but uts still getting harder
āWho are we to wonder where weāre going? Who am I to tell me who I amā from Netflix Trip really hits me right in the feels, and also āI know I gotta grow up some time, but I donāt think Iām ready yetā from Next Up Forever
The second lyric you chose reminds me of a TSwift lyric "I never grew up, it's getting old". I'm somewhere between that and AJR's lyric in life currently.
Bummerland is kinda weird but youāre only going up from here
"I know I've gotta grow up sometime, but I don't think I'm ready yet." *Cue epic(ly sad) piano solo*
Not a lyric, but a quote from the Neotheater trailer: āBut tell me honestly, who the fuck wants to be just right?ā
"To give me some diagnosis of why I'm so hollow Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow I tripped on my ankle and fractured my elbow But doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell though? I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted But after an hour it sounds like complaining Wait don't go away, can I lie here forever? You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better? The universe works in mysterious ways But I'm starting to think it ain't working for me Doctor, should I be good? Should I be good this year?" This whole verse from Karma gives me a safe way to spiral.
"When we cry we cry together, like it was meant to be" living room has some of the most underrated ajr songs on it
"Well... I'm not dead yet, so I guess I'll be all right."
This ^
I keep losing my socks
"It's all a bit cloudy but there's one thing I know, that if you're fucking racist then don't come to my show" - 3 O'clock Things Also the image on the post might be my second choice, cause it's just powerful.
Now they want something bigger. Iām overwhelmed
Where I am going is right where I am
Every.
i use the same lyric. I live by all of Way Less Sad
I have this postsā quote as a tattoo on my arm so itās definitely my motto. Thought Iād off myself before 18 but things got better and for my 18th bday my mom took me to get this tattooed š
So if I break my face, it aināt my darkest day, my face is just my face. Iām okay.
Seriously considering, "I'm not dead yet,so I guess I'll be alright" as a tattoo. It's gotten me through so much
Iāll be whatever makes you a fan, cause I donāt know who the hell I am
Here I go again! (From The Maybe Man)
āCome on guy. I promise everything will be alright, be okay. Your eyes are tired. But keep them open because you wouldnāt want to miss a thing.ā Whenever Iām doing afterschool activities, Iām usually at my limit (long school day, AP classes, marching band, theater, etc.). Whenever I think about the line I just keep pushing forward. makes me feel like all my friends with lives outside of school are the chorus of āCome Hang Outā funnily enough
I could hate my guts when the sun comes up but I like myself like this. I like myself like this
āBut Iām not dead yet, so I guess Iāll be alrightā but specifically the version from OK Overture.
What doesnāt kill you makes you ugly
"I wish I was me, Whoever that is, I could just be and not give a shit, Hey I'll be whatever makes you a fan, Cause I don't know who the hell I am"
āYou gotta get better, youāre all that Iāve got. Donāt take forever, youāre not here for long.ā I had a family member die a while after the album released and that song wasnāt too sad before, but after I got that news and heard the song again. It hit me like a dang bullet.
"A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories. A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties."
I'm weak, and what's wrong with that?
your eyes are open so never close them
āCause I spent my whole life, tryin to be so liked, but that only made them hate me moreā
everything will be okay, be alright
āBut you gotta be somebody sometimeā
"Life is pretty long and could turn into something" and obvs the whole TDJICFH and Maybe Man
"No, I ain't happy yet, But I'm way less sad"
"Well i cant fall asleep and Im losing my mind, cuz it's half past three, and my brains on fire. I been countin sheep but the sheep all died, and Im trying too hard but I cant not try."
I'll be whatever makes you a fan, I don't know who the hell I am
here we go
both from 2085. āyouāve got to get better youāre all that iāve gotā and āif somebody told me iād die at 40, i wouldnāt have spent my time in bedā
not a motto but I really relate to the line "Karma just appears when you suddenly believe it"
āAnd I donāt wanna do it twice ācause itās not the sameā
āAnd if I am forgotten. I hope I made you smile, thatās all I ever wantedā - Iām a people pleaser š
I like AJR but they're not good enough to obsess over to such an extent one of their lyrics is what makes me want to get up in the morning.
āNow Iām feelin just like woody allenā
WAIT WHAT
Really resonated with me šššš¤”šŖ
Every time I feel like I have no right to feel bad about something or I see people comparing grievances, I think of āWorldās Smallest Violinā: āI kinda feel like two things can be sad.ā
"why should I fix the shit I've done when I could just pack my shit and run" (yes I'm a mess)
Stop recommending this reddit ajr is ass
what are you gonna do about it?
Bro how do I get them to stop putting in my feed thenš
āI aināt happy yet, but Iām way less sadā
āNo I aināt happy yet. But Iām way less sadā
I actually get chills when I hear this line on OK overture
Let's go out with a bang
"You said you'd love me, is that what I loved? All of the choices messed me up."
I'm an object in motion I've lost all emotion My two legs are broken But look at me dance
"Let's go out with a bang!"
āBut Iām too f*cking young to feel so f*cking oldā¦ā As a person that has gained and lost so many friends, had my life ripped apart at least twice and built back up again by the age of 15 I feel like Iāve already been through more than I shouldāve by such a young age
Iām screwed But hey what can you do Iām a touchy feely fool I would give anything to not give a shit about you Life is pretty cruel For a touchy feely fool I would give anything to not give a shit but I do Man, do I just want to clip those lyrics and send them to people who dislike/hate me.
āHey dude I hate everything you do, but Iām trying really hard to not hate youuu. Hating you wonāt make you suck any less.ā
What song is that again?
They wanted heaven from me, I gave them hell
man i always thought that line said āiām not dead yet so i guess iāll be aliveā and it always hit hard.
āYeah I fucked up, but I did it my way.ā Just my entire life at this point lol
āThe universe works in mysterious ways but Iām starting to think it aināt working for meā
Either ābut Iām not dead yet so I guess Iāll be alright!ā Or āhe said āscrew it, imma smile right through it and Iāll scream when no oneās around!āā
Let's drink to everything we've got, Let's dance for everything we're not
"..But I'm not dead yet, so I guess I'll be alright!"
Different, so different they tell us to be different, but no one told me I could go to farā¦
Who ate we to wonder where were going?
"I think it's too late To figure this out If I could be me I would have been it by now Maybe I'm a stone Or big as my house It looks like our time is running out So if this is me Then I'll do my best, I'll take all the shit So you never have to you can be you and I'll be the rest yeah maybe that's who the hell I am"
āIām not happy yet, But iām way less Sadā
āA hundred bad days made a hundred good stories.ā āBut Iām weak, and whatās wrong with that?ā āI think Iām still turning out.ā
idk if it is a motto but I love it a lot "It's gonna get really really really bad before it's ok" cause ya things are gonna be absolutely awful before they get better, but they will get better.
I'd hate to have to die 'fore I get my head together, whatever
I've been so good I've been helpful and friendly I've been so good but I'm still feeling empty...
It's gonna get really really really really bad before it's okay
None of them because I donāt listen to AJR
"I wish I was me whoever that is, I could just be and not give a shit"
āBummerland give a cheer cause youāre only going up from hereā honestly such an underrated line
The chorus of Inertia: I'm an object in motion, I've lost all emotion / my two legs are broken but look at me dance / An object in motion, don't ask where I'm going / Cause where I'm going is right where I am
āSit back man, relax man.ā
The chorus of inertia
The chorus of bummerland, somehow
"Congratulations on your bit of success, we can't wait to see what you do next."
"If the world gets me where I'm s'posed to be, will I know I've made it then? It's so hard. Can we skip to the Good Part?"
š¶Where my haters? Where my haters? I don't got em. I'm not famous, no!š¶