Lyrical Passive Aggressiveness

I find it interesting that my generation ("Generation We Have No Clue What We Are Doing") communicates via music lyrics by way of social media. No longer do we sit in anguish and stew over whatever stress is swirling around us - we put Cannibal Corpse lyrics in ALL CAPS on our Facebook pages. I could probably go on for ten minutes giving examples of different situations that we convey our feelings through a bad Taylor Swift song instead of calling someone up on the phone and telling them you're happy, sad, mad, etc. BUT that would only entertain me.

I am a huge culprit. I will stand on my soap box and wave a really big flag that has those bad Taylor Swift lyrics on it before I actually say something to your face. Why? Because confrontation isn't sexy anymore. And if you're using someone else's words you can always deny them in the end.

FACT.

I have some really good friends who I wouldn't know how they honestly felt about things until I checked their status updates. Is it "Hallelujah" lyrics? (specifically the Rufus Wainwright rendition, obviously) or is it "Club Can't Even Handle Me" by Flo Rida blowing up their page?

It's not that I think any of us are lying. I think we are just so brainwashed into thinking that we have to be positive all the time. Most people are so afraid to be a downer that they refuse to admit that they aren't feeling top notch. That life sucks right now. That their boyfriend just cheated on them with an Appleblees waitress. Whatever. Whatever it is - a smile is supposed to get you through. And at the core of it? Smiling doesn't get us through, unfortunately. Which is why we let someone else "speak" for us.

This Lyrical Passive Aggressiveness has gotten so bad that there was a point in time when eight different people had the SAME Eminem lyrics as their updates. Want to know what I deducted from that?

a) We are all SO LAME THAT WE HAVE LET EMINEM ROCK AGAIN.

b) You are sad and unsatisfied with whatever situation you are in.

Awesome. There's nothing wrong with that! We all know we post updates so others are knowing how we are feeling. So if a sad one is on there maybe a friend will give you a call or an old fling will see you are still indie-cool or your Mom will ask you if you need medication. Why can't we just like...say it ourselves?

Who cares if confrontation isn't sexy anymore? Who cares if we seem like downers when the day went to shit? Sometimes I don't like you and sometimes I am sad! I (we) should be able to say that instead of hiding behind Lady Gaga.

And just so you know? THE CLUB CAN'T EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW.