Pandora.

Pandora has this way of playing songs that worm their way into my ear and then stay there. Forever. This happened last summer with the song “Tell it to the Volcano” by Miniature Tigers. This is a fun little ditty about getting your heartbroken. And, then letting your former beloved pay for what they’ve done to you. “You can summon all the Gods that your black heart desires/they can not help you because they’re starting fires…to burn you alive.” The last relationship I was in can be categorically summed up in the word “awful”, so I take a lot of comfort, even now when we broke up almost two years ago, in knowing that other people have been burned and come out the other side…with something pithy and upbeat to show for it.

I would hate to wish misery on another human being, but if its going to inspire something that makes people smile, maybe the misery is worth it.

Album: Tell it to the Volcano
Artist: Miniature Tigers
Song: Tell it to the Volcano