#myselfishgene — Public Fediverse posts

You ever hear or read a single word and immediately associate it with lyrics, a quote, or similar?

Heard the word "bile". Immediately, our mind linked it to lyrics from a song by Catatonia called My Selfish Gene from the late 90s.

It's a short, soft, beautiful, raw, aching song. Highly recommend listening to it if you've got the time, spoons, capacity, and ability. The lyrics are as follows:

You, me and destiny
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you did was give me allergy
I'm not looking for your sympathy

You, me and destiny
I am courted by uncertainty
I've lost my will to live unselfishly
Altruism stinks of fallacy

My selfish gene it fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn

You, me and destiny
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you needed was some courtesy
And I'm not waiting for apologies

My selfish gene it fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn
Way back then I thought you'd give a damn

Brains and minds are weird, especially the neurospicy kind.

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