“I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it's not, and I don't know where to turn”

—  Aimee Mann

"31 Today" · Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqOcADEZSxI
Song lyrics, @#%&*! Smilers (2008)

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