“A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don’t feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind.”

—  Ben Gibbard

Source: The Meaning Of Life, II

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American singer, songwriter and guitarist 1976

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