*_In fucking fact, Mrs. Robinson_* always gets me.

99% of musicians wish they could write lyrics this good

Ms Robinson got real quiet after this dropped all im sayin

as someone with horrible intrusive thoughts the line "There's someone in your head waiting to fucking strangle you!" is all too real

Imagine being the person that wrote this song. Like just waking up everyday being a genius, casually 🙄

I love how “politicians” are the last thing listed, as if that’s THEE worst thing you could be haha

Mrs. Robinson diss track

When I first ran away, an ex of mine showed me this song. He probably didn’t realize how deep this resonated with my soul..but it did. His funerals tomorrow, Rest In Peace Aaron we all miss you

will mrs robinson ever recover from this

… Nobody knows everything We know this to be true *Everything is difficult* Except what's in front of you But it's complicated even under your nose Bullshit math equations And your highs and your lows And your manic depression It comes and it goes Your parasympathetic nervous system reacts And you're in fight-or-flight mode … How's the world so small when the world is so large? And what made the world, could I please speak to who's in charge? *Everything is real but it's also just as fake* From your daughter's birthday party to your grandmother's wake And your Bipolar illness, it comes and it goes You parasympathetic nervous system reacts And you're in fight or flight You're in fight or flight You're in fight or flight mode … I've tried to know which words to sing so many times And I've tried to know which chords to play *And I've tried to make it rhyme* And I've tried to find the key that all good songs are in And I've tried to find the notes to make that great resounding din … But there's a bad man in everyone No matter who we are *There's a rapist and a Nazi living in our tiny hearts* Child pornographers and cannibals, and politicians too There's someone in your head waiting to fucking strangle you … So here's to you, Mrs. Robinson People love you more, oh never-mind *Oh, never-mind* In fucking fact, Mrs. Robinson The world won't care whether you live or die You live or die In fucking fact, Mrs. Robinson They probably hate to see your stupid face Your stupid face So here's to you, Mrs. Robinson You live in an unforgiving place

to anyone who needs to hear it, remember; you are not your intrusive thoughts. you aren't alone, and you are loved. i am so proud of you.

disrespects to gertrude robinson

Mrs. Robinson got sent to Brazil.

this song was written by michael shelley and gerry keay

"But there's a bad man in everyone, no matter who we are..there's a rapist and a nazi living in our tiny hearts, child pornographers and cannibals, and politicians too..there's someone in your head waiting to FUCKING strangle you" that verse is fucking fire, if I ever made a song that'd definitely be in it

A Folk musician scorned is what results in a living horror movie that never ends with the beautiful twist of definably accomplished words and tunes. Here we listening to arguably some of the very best skilled in this genre , this we also know to be true.....

Even before finally being diagnosed with Bipolar 2 in my late teens, this song stuck with me since childhood. It means that much more to me in my adulthood.

This was one of the favourite bands of my ex girlfriend that died earlier this year. I hope you are in a better place now and thank you for showing me this in 2017 when we met.

Some days i feel like this song is on loop in my brain. I feel that rabbit on the album cover.

AJJ has spoken to my soul so heavily recently

This is medicine for my ears

Everyone complaining that it's the Sympathetic Nervous System that reacts, technically the Parasympathetic Nervous System also reacts, its shuts off rest and digest, shutting off is also a reaction

Does this make anyone else oddly relaxed?

This was my high school soundtrack. I said I'd never delete songs I got tired of for reasons like this. You forget about them until you hear it again and you wonder why you stopped listening in the first place? Why did I? Truly so many good songs off limewire I'll never get back.

idk why the magnus archives podcast is mentioned so much in these comments but im glad you guys like the music

I found this song through a post in a facebook group called "oddly specific playlists" that was requesting songs with incorrect information in them. Apparently it's not your parasympathetic nervous system that is responsible for fight or flight mode, that's your sympathetic nervous system. Your parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for rest and digest mode, and I am obsessed with that word

So some line changes I've noticed in hearing them live. "Parasympathetic nervous system reacts" was changed to "parasympathetic nervous system shuts off." Also the word "rapist" was changed to "racist" which I assume is because it's a trigger word for a lot of people.

My parasympathetic nervous system is reacting again

The chillest stream of consciousness song in the world

This song never ever gets old because it's less appealing for a catchy melody and more appealing for incredible lyrics. Lyrics that you could repeat over and over and over and over again and they never stop resonating with you on an understanding and personal level. This is one of the greatest songs ive ever heard lyric-wise, it's poetry. Every line is special and meaningful, and the message is just so human- in terms of being a bad person and hating yourself, hating everyone else, knowing that you don't understand anything and desperately wanting to. It's the acknowledgment that life is suffering and nothing cares about you and you can't understand why. It's humble and self-destructive and a bit angry and that's what folkpunk kinda is at its core. I find this song works best with the contexts of their other songs like "People" and "Survival Song" and "Rejoice", because all of AJJ's songs together seem to tell a story of "the world is a horrible place to live and people are hateful and selfish and we all want to die, but somehow we don't and we keep on living, and somehow we find good things despite it all."

To me, what makes this so terribly upsetting, is that unlike a lot of other "weird dudes with a guitar" kind of music is the fact that I've seen Sean live and he's _uncomfortably_ sincere. This isn't just him preaching. These are the actual awful thoughts in his head. That both makes this song so much worse _and_ so much better. If that makes any sense.

You ever hear a song that just *fits* with where you are at mentally? I'm crying but like, both in a good and bad way??? If that makes sense??? If not... Welcome to the club.

Don’t know that you’ll ever read this, but I sent this to my son when he left for the military. He loved it, just as much as I did. Thank you for making it ❤️

The Sypathetic nervous system is fight or flight. The Parasympathetic nervous system is rest and digest.

This is officially my favourite song

Listened to this a lot as I watched my life fall apart bit by bit due to my alcoholism.

Wow its been a bit since I've listened to this and holy shit this might be one of the best songs I've ever heard

magnus archive stans come get your juice it's hating gertrude robinson hours

I like how this was in a playlist called traditional music

this song fucking slaps. I have never heard such a good song. I can't find anything bad about this song. The rythm, the beat, the voice, nothing wrong. My girlfriend introduced it to me and thank god she does. I love this song so much but it doesn't compare to how much I love her

Was anyone going to tell me the line is "fight or flight mode" and not "firefly mode" or was I just supposed to read a comment by a disgruntled psych student myself?

This has such a different tone and subject than People and People ll 2: still people'in, yet it still fits in a weird way.

I’ve been listening to this song for awhile now and have only just now realized that the last verse appears to be referencing Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Mrs Robinson’. Didn’t see anybody else mention it so I thought I’d share.

the magnus archives stans unite

These songs got me through some shit back in the day

All the comments about mrs Robinson are sending me 😭😭😭

so happy i found this

Its so strange. I havent heard this in years but I am, in fact, Ms. Robinson. And im also bipolar.

Thank you Andrew

Hitting home

Great tune wowwwwwww

damn been here 14 years already wtf, still goated band

i love this song

Any time I share this or any other AJJ song, I feel like I have to add "I swear I'm alright though," even if I'm not alright.

I failed psych because he says parasympathetic, when it should be sympathetic, it confused the shit out of me

I have autism and this is me telling everyone exactly how i feel and how they can help me.

Only 9000 views?? Disgusting

I once heard on a forum the top warning sign bands in realtionships are AJJ and The Mountain Goats. Glad to be amongst such characters

I’ve always liked to think that the name Mrs.Robinson has a deeper meaning than a name to the band that we’ll never know

I'm here because of Valeria Luiselli's novel, _Lost children archive_ . This sounds too much similar to Modest Mouse.

Anne Bancrofts most loved Song!

Besides Mrs Robinson getting slapped...this song is actually great. Sorry I'm late. Thankful I found this.

I totally forgot about this band - they’re so fucking great

Missed this link in message from a friend who just died... whished I saw it sooner its so damn good

Your parasympathetic nervous system reacts.. And you're in *rest and digest* mode.

You're not alone.

This is anxiety given form. And we need a lot more of this. I feel sad for the latest albums from ajj cuz they've lost their... Loss and anxiety.

i'm a little ashamed to admit but i've known this song for ages and only very recently discovered the mrs. robinson thing is a simon and garfunkel reference. but it does makes more sense now lmao

I found this tune around 6 months ago and it made me check out loads of folk punk. I fucking love AJJ so much, hope to see you guys in the UK real soon.

Their album “Knife Man”(I believe) has always been there for me. I don’t know where’d I’d be with AJJ. It’s like Sean is singing my thoughts.

Mrs. Robinson been real quiet since this dropped...

TMA fans rise up, MS Robinson got her own song

Mrs Robinson is a reference to another song by garfunkle

Here's to the unforgiving place.-) salute

Modestly impressed...

The cough at 1:56 hits hard

This is the best fucking song ever

I would also like to speak to whose in charge

Yo I’m pretty sure that this is in response to the song “Mrs Robinson” by Simon and Garfunkel. The ending is almost identical to the chorus in “Mrs Robinson”

its sympathetic nervous system is what controls your fight and flight. The parasympathetic nervous system is involuntary things such as digestion. Didn't realize this until I took animal physiology :C

It bothers me that he says that my parasympathetic nervous system is what gets me into fight or flight mode...but in reality it’s the sympathetic nervous system which does that. The parasympathetic nervous system is what returns your body to normality and prevents you from overexerting yourself for too long or withstanding immense stress. It’s what causes you to faint when you feel unbearable pain or forces you to take deep breaths after having a terrifying nightmare.

this song i found it right after getting away from a freind that was only snuffing my feeling out and replacing them with hers, forcing me to allign to her isdeals while snuffing out any controversal individuality i had. its somthing i still havent gotten over, idk if its possible for me to, i wanna make her hate me like i do her, but i know thats not possible anmd it feels so fucking cruel, i weish shewas never in my life but i also miss the times she was. its utterly toxic and fucking nothing but pain, but the glimpses of kindness just kept bringing me back. untill i was finally shown it wasent normal and shouldent be by others, its wild, being shot down and put into a box of nothing but wholesome ideals with no acceptions accept when she did it, cause her ideals ruled andanyone who stayed was a sinner a demon a cruel person who did nothing but hurt others. it fekt horrible everyday and now that im free, i cant help but miss the good times

Here's to you Lena

And I just today realized that the chorus of this song is a Simon & Garfunkel cover (more of a version since they changed the lyrics a lot) after the original played over the radio.

She came out just to put me my heart on strings again, to tell me that she misinterpreted my compassion as love, and to shame me for being compassionate to the world

so here's to you mrs robinson

"Lost Children Archive" (by Valeria Luiselli) brought me here.

Damn what did Mrs Robinson ever do to you

Imagine the people that don’t know that this great song exists

Modestly impressed.... But come on there is a place for everything. The mouse is still in my heart.

came here because of BRSession and damn i like this shit

"And what made the world, could I please speak to who's in charge?" Ok Karen.

Take a fucking seat Mrs. Robinson we're being depressed hours

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Fucking gold

Fade into you

It helped.

Michael kin moments 😔

"There's a bad man in everyone, no matter who we are There's a rapist and a nazi living in our tiny hearts!" fuckin shouldn't rip as a lyric BUT IT DOES

From this day forth, my liver is now named Mrs. Robinson.