He seemed impressed by the way you came in.
"Tell us a story
I know you're not boring"

I was afraid that you would not insist.
"You sound so sleepy
just take this, now leave me"

I said please don't slow me down
If I'm going too fast
You're in a strange part of our town...

Now every time that I look at myself
"I thought I told you
this world is not for you"

The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair
"you sound so angry
just calm down, you found me"
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"Pretense or artifice simply raises the stakes to such a level that it activates what is perhaps dangerous or unstable about that relationship to begin with. So I feel that that’s a deeper human issue of empathy- a kind of innate sense of or capacity for empathy that one person feels for the other- that a dramatic situation elevates. I think it’s a very abstract, basic human identification that theater- or any performative medium- activates."
- Catherine Sullivan

(text: The Strokes, Reptilia)