VideoSong - We Grew Up So Well - Jack Conte

15 Oct 2008 · 3 min

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Jack Conte performs "We Grew Up So Well," a song about discarded memories and loss. He uses images of a trash can and a broken bug to explore nostalgia and vulnerability, while promising to take someone home and reminding them they're a star.

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Staring at a trash can, thinking about the things you've thrown away. You love our pretty planet, yeah, but not enough to stay. Please, come on, you always Took care of your hands. How could you break like you did? Like a bug on a window. Is that what you wanted to be? All you see is madness, and nobody can Oh, I'll take you home. You're the star. I wish you could know that we grew up so well. Oh, melting love, melting love. I see you in the rain. I'll try, I'll try.