hustlerose:

oatmealaddiction:

hustlerose:

ok here;’s my take. billy joel’s “we didn’t start the fire” is a song that basically just namedrops a bunch of culturally significant events and people, but its meaning has degraded over time because most of the things joel says only hit home with people who were alive when the song dropped. 

in this way, if we consider the song’s merit based on its ability to rapid fire off short phrases that spark deep and emotional memories, “you can’t fight the homestuck” is truly the greatest version of the song. in the modern day, albeit for a specific audience, it brings back a flood of memories with each bar. and just like the original, its chorus speaks undeniable truth, but not to the point of truism. though it’s weird and random… 

All right as the person who actually wrote the lyrics to this song as a joke in high school, I’m legit crying reading this in like a sincere way. Like holy shit, my only goal in life was to have someone meme an analysis of something I’d written. Your post has sincerely moved me. 

omg it’s an honor………. how does it feel to be better than billy joel