Thee Oh Sees - "I Was Denied"

I was denied the title of King of Mud Beach. I was 14 and I was a bully. Mud Beach was a crappy septic lake off a campground where I spent my summers in the "care" of my great uncle Hugh and his caterpillar colonies. I used to wake up with caterpillars on me. One time with one on each eye, I thought I was dead. I used to sit on the banks of Mud Beach with a sign that said "Wrestle the King" and I would challenge kids. Nobody would wrestle me. Ever. Until I pushed a kid down face down in the muddy banks and he chipped his tooth on a rock. His big brother came and found me an hour later and punched me so hard in the butt cheek that I couldn't walk for 8 days and couldn't sit down properly for the rest of the summer. [Buy from Midheaven]

Meursault - "One Day This'll All Be Fields"

This tugs at a loose thread in me. I must be careful not to listen to this too many times, for I fear something will unravel. [Buy from Song, By Toad Records]

(image from Robin Barber's story)