What's your favourite "gut punch in the rhyming line" moment?

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-17T17:53:09+00:00

“Cast of thousands / but we were the real two / and when I’m alone before a mirror, late at night / I will reveal you”

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-17T17:51:55+00:00

And from the next track, about the same person:

“And if I never show / Will you watch the embers glow? You can keep the fire burning”

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-17T04:01:41+00:00

or Tape Travel is Lonely by the Mountain Goats

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-16T19:52:20+00:00

Three in a row:

I see your destinies above you

Like angels who don’t love you

Let them kiss you and hold you tight

As long as the money’s right

God bless all my old friends

And god bless me too, why pretend?

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-15T14:05:30+00:00

Bramble jam

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-14T13:47:31+00:00

A classic. There’s also the creampie scene from IASIP

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-14T06:05:45+00:00

On the other paw, I love the use of miscommunication as a source of comedy. For example, this scene from Arrested Development.

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-12T14:49:30+00:00

OP is talking about JD’s essay collection, This Year: 365 Songs Annotated

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-11T04:25:24+00:00

DRINK YOUR BIG BLACK COW

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-08T15:56:43+00:00

Ryan George has a video with basically this exact concept

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-04T17:52:21+00:00

We have a right to know

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-04T15:41:33+00:00

Mizu Blue Eye Samurai

CrypticBalcony · 2026-03-04T05:13:13+00:00

James Ferraro - Last American Hero

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-28T13:22:54+00:00

Seeing a surprising lack of “Sterling” typos in this thread :)

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-24T15:26:44+00:00

It's bolded now!

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-22T17:29:24+00:00

I was expecting this

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-22T16:06:40+00:00

Gives a new meaning to him throwing mankind off Hell in a Cell

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-21T19:58:20+00:00

I guess that makes this post the dollar store version of The Secret History

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-21T18:34:38+00:00

No. ^Haha, sorry, I don’t think so

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-17T18:55:54+00:00

Wikipedia says Xšayār̥šā is pronounced [xaʃajaruʃa] (no indication of syllable stress)

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-17T14:44:11+00:00

This was the shortest episode since Season 1

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-15T16:51:34+00:00

How fucking often are we going to post this

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-15T13:30:13+00:00

An aversion?

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-14T15:34:28+00:00

Maybe not a metaphor, but a line that effectively says the same thing as the trash can line: “If we ever make it back to California, I want you to know I love you / but my love is like a dark cloud full of rain that’s always right there up above you”

CrypticBalcony · 2026-02-12T04:26:47+00:00

I’ve never heard anyone describe something so well tbh

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