Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

Life in Canada: Jeff and Aneesh jamming

6 Feb 2017 · 2 min

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In this YouTube video, Jeff and Aneesh engage in an informal jam session that features a spoken‑word style lyrical performance. The lyrics, delivered by Speaker A, are a raw, anguished monologue that cycles through wishes of self‑destruction, hopelessness, and mutual death, interspersed with contradictory hopes of survival. The piece conveys intense despair, references self‑harm, and rejects common platitudes about darkness before dawn. After the performance, a brief exchange occurs where someone asks if the lyrics were heard and receives an affirmative, “Yes, it’s very good,” highlighting a detached appreciation of the artistic expression despite its bleak content. The video thus juxtaposes a raw, emotionally charged lyrical narrative with a casual, almost indifferent audience reaction, all within a casual musical jam setting.

Chapters

Give up on trying to save us. Hope we come up with a failsafe plot to piss off the dumb few that forget us. I hope the fences we mended fall down beneath their own weight. I hope we hang on past the last exit. I hope it's already too late. And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here someday burns down. I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away and I never come back to this town again. In my life, I hope I lie. Tell everyone you were a good wife and I hope you die. I hope we both die. I hope I live. I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow. I hope it bleeds all day long. My friends say it's darkest before the sun rises. We're pretty sure they're all wrong. I hope it stays dark forever. I hope the worst isn't over. And I hope you blink before I do. I hope I never get sober. And I hope that you think of me years down the line. You can't find one good thing to say. And I hope that if I ever have the strength to walk out, you'll stay the hell out of my way. I am drowning. There is no sign of land. You are coming down with me. Hand in unlovable hand. And I hope you die. I hope we both die. Did you hear the lyrics? Yes, it's very good.