RIP Jay Reatard 1980-2010

I moved out to San Diego with nothing but a suit case and some cans of spray paint trying to out run the gloom of a rapidly pursuing heartache. I was listening to a ton of Jay Reatard at the time. I got a chance to see him play at the Ken Club shortly after I arrived. The show was amazing and I went ape shit during the song "My Shadow" resulting in the bouncer putting me in a headlock and removing me from the dance floor. I guess dancing and actually having a good time when a band plays is not kosher amongst the uber elite California "Punk" scene. Oh well, guess you got a taste of New Jersey mother fuckers. Needless to say, Jay Reatard's music helped me through a really dark time in my life. I'm pretty bummed that I won't have the pleasure of discovering a new EP of his every other week like I used to since he was that fucking prolific. RIP Jay Reatard. You will be missed but never forgotten.

MY SHADOW

If this is the way it's going to be
Then I am so sure
That life is lost
It's only thrill and it's tomorrow

I can't see your face
cause I'm a looking at
I can't see your face
cause I'm a looking at you

The way you walk
The way you step on through
The way you do
All the things you do
The way you walk
The way you step on through
I can't tell truth

My shadow
My shadow
My shadow
My shadow is stuck

It's like the darkness
All you ever seem to be
And nightmares only
make you a memory

I can't see your face
cause I'm a looking at
I can't see your face
cause I'm a looking at you

The way you walk
The way you step on through
The way you do
All the things you do
The way you walk
The way you step on through
I can't tell truth

My shadow
My shadow
My shadow
My shadow is stuck

I don't feel too well
I don't feel too well
And I don't really care
Cause I don't feel too well
Cause I'm a looking at you!