a true-life conversation i had with my mom the other day:
jess' mom: how can you be so selfish? jess, you are so righteous.
(this was approximately the 38975489715923487th time my mom said this to me, and, finally, i wasn't taking it anymore. i did something i had wanted to do for years...)
me (pulling dictionary from shelf conveniently at an arm's distance away) (in the absolute snottiest tone i could possibly summon from deep within): don't you mean self righteous?
(aaaaaaaaand scene!)
Self Righteous by Third Eye Blind
Take a dare
(Laughing)
Everyone is so self-righteous
Lift your head again and try this
If you want this, I do
And I want this, but I can't break through
And I can see you begin to glow
Everyone is so self-righteous
Get up everyone
Were on our own now
Lift your head again try this
And feel you, I do
And I want this but I can't break through
And your burning lights red and blue
Everyone is so self-righteous
Where have you sinners gone
All you sinners
What's ours is ours
And were all alone
What's ours is ours
And outside rain
It's just a shower
And then I feel you breathe
And I let go of the hours
And I feel your skin
And I let you in
And that's my dream
Again and again
I feel the hours
Sliding by
Get up on your own now
Way up all alone now
Lift your head again and try this
Do you want this
You're the only thing that's real
And we don't need to beg or steal
Everyone is so self-righteous