A Break from the Barrage

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Craig Finn

Craig Finn (born August 22, 1971) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as the front man for The Hold Steady and his former band, Lifter Puller. Described by Pitchfork as "a born storyteller who's chosen rock as his medium," Finn's lyrics are often noted for having a strong literary bent, stringing together recurring characters and storylines throughout. more »

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They say the opposite of love is indifference and there's a physical consequence for each and every action. But once they started rolling around the coins fell from his pocket and the whole thing just felt like a transaction.

When she showed up at the bar last night she didn't intend to stay out late but here we are again with the sunrise. Scraping at the remnants of the high time. She shuts her eyes and lets it spin and calls in sick to work again. Leaves a message when she knows they won't be in yet.

Timing is of the essence. You finesse it where you have to but sometimes it's not an option. That's when you kick the door in and right now it's hanging from its hinges.

So she drops him off at the place that he stays at and picks the coins up from the floor mat in the backseat and pulls into the Speedway. Buys a cup of coffee and gets back in her car. Sits there and listens to the silence and tries to figure out what to do about today.

All the village idiots shoplifting some Starburst and some Parliaments then claiming that they're stick up kids. We always fixate on facades. When it's hard to see the benefit the taverns are a decent way to seal off all the stimulus. Feel something close to dead for just a little bit. A little break from the barrage.

So she pulls on to the highway and drives out of the city and forty minutes into it it opens up and lessens all the tension she was feeling about everything: the fake friends along the bars and the boys and the bills you have to pay.

She pulls into the bottle shop and gets a pint of Popov and goes into her phone to find the showtimes of the movies and reads all of the summaries and sees whats at the mall and what they're showing as a matinee.

In just a little bit she gives her ticket to some teenage kid who rips it back into her hand and gets behind the popcorn stand and lets herself be upsold into a Cherry Coke that looks less like a beverage than a bathtub.

The vodkas in the soda cup the split second the film comes up and the edges all get blurry and she tries to pay attention to the story of a superhero she's not really sure she's ever even heard of.

All the arch enemies plotting all their evil deeds. Conspiring with their henchmen to overthrow the justice and the liberty. We're up against impossible odds. Some suburban cinema is a perfect place to hide out and ride out and recover from the damage you've inflicted on yourself and all your fleeting lovers. A little break from the barrage.

And the kid that sold her ticket is now shaking her awake and he says miss the movie's over and you should probably go now. He tips the empty bottle. She gathers up her stuff and walks out to her car and gets in the back seat, grabs a blanket and stretches out.

She sleeps a few more hours when she comes to its dark now and she gets into the driver seat and pulls onto the highway and drives back to the city. Walks into the bar and she finds an open stool and sits down.

She motions to the server and the server takes her order and she's hoping no one noticed that she didn't change her outfit yet. She turns to scan the room to see if anyone she knows is around.

But it's just all those village idiots. The same one's she's been dealing with for decades now. Parliaments at the party house. Drinking from the fridge in the garage. When it's hard to see the benefit the taverns are a decent way to seal off all the stimulus. Feel something close to dead for just a little bit. A little break from the barrage.

A break from the barrage.
Feel something close to dead for just a little bit.

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