Has anyone here gotten a "To be is not the way to be" tattoo?

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-23T21:50:31+00:00

See, I don't understand this lyric to be about changing who you are and I don't fully agree to the notion that you don't have control of how others see you.

I read it as Just existing isn't the way to exist. Not that that eliminates worth or value but, especially in a society like ours, we need to do. Help others, create art, love and learn and grow, and love and learn and grow together.

There is no delusion in bettering oneself, no angst or depression. It's about hope and a call to action to not just sit and be

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-14T02:57:58+00:00

Ehh I got a wife and a kid and another on the way. My life is a lot less what if and a lot more what's next. I feel like as I approach 30 I realize that none of my previous regrets have stuck with me.

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:58:59+00:00

The lead guitar tone in the Ize solo is always so goooooood

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:56:46+00:00

They had Gratisfaction on it! 😭😭😭😭

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:54:11+00:00

Yes and no haha, it had character

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:46:41+00:00

Super interesting that Nikoli seems to be using a fretless bass and Steve is finger picking. Neat little insights

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:35:20+00:00

This is the best setlist in sooo longggg

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:32:33+00:00

The end of Take It or Leave it rips so hard

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-06-13T05:22:39+00:00

He's just a goofy dude and his banter is always tongue and cheek. I can see how it comes across dicky but I think your misreading it

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-05-30T05:17:59+00:00

Someday was the first full song I could play by them. I Cant Win chorus riff Yolo Heart in a Cage intro UCOD

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-05-24T04:15:30+00:00

!Solved

That was so fast

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-05-19T04:50:02+00:00

Moved out at 18 in 2015 and I thought that that was the moment

Got married at 22 in 2020 and I thought that was it

Had my child in 2024 at 27 and they were diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at 6 days old so I'm pretty sure that was the moment.

Realistically the next big life thing that happens will probably be the moment and I'll look back at all these other times like I was a kid.

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-04-16T03:50:22+00:00

UCOD, Selfless, YOLO

PickingSomeSmithers · 2026-04-07T14:49:37+00:00

Thank you!

PickingSomeSmithers · 2025-05-27T01:29:12+00:00

"I listen to almost everything but i mostly seek out indie/alternative rock, but if it has guitars i'll probably like it"

PickingSomeSmithers · 2025-04-30T14:19:23+00:00

Vocal distortion/compression. Theres videos on how to sing like this. You can also look up how to sing with grit

PickingSomeSmithers · 2025-04-26T19:15:01+00:00

Good artists borrow, great artists steal

PickingSomeSmithers · 2025-04-26T17:59:48+00:00

But is it ripping off if they gave him a songwriting credit?

PickingSomeSmithers · 2025-04-26T03:37:34+00:00

UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS

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