Episode 1 - "Round Here" by Counting Crows

Ta da! Our very first episode. Hopefully you will very much enjoy it.
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Here's a link to the album description on AllMusic and Wikipedia as well as a nifty article from NPR in Boston by someone who also bought this as their first CD.  Finally, the the original review by Rolling Stone.

If you're interested in what Adam is singing, behold his lyrics:

Step out the front door like a ghost

into the fog where no one notices

the contrast of white on white.

And in between the moon and you

the angels get a better view

of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.

I walk in the air between the rain

through myself and back again

Where? I don't know

Maria says she's dying

through the door I hear her crying

Why? I don't know

[Chorus:]

Round here we always stand up straight

Round here something radiates

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand

she said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis

and she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land

just like she's walking on a wire in the circus

she parks her car outside of my house

and takes her clothes off

says she's close to understanding Jesus

and she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood

she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous

[Chorus:]

Round here we're carving out our names

Round here we all look the same

Round here we talk just like lions

But we sacrifice like lambs

Round here she's slipping through my hands

Sleeping children better run like the wind

out of the lightning dream

Mama's little baby better get herself in

out of the lightning

She says, "It's only in my head."

She says, "Shh I know it's only in my head."

But the girl on car in the parking lot

says, "Man you should try to take a shot.

can't you see my walls are crumbling?"

Then she looks up at the building

and says she's thinking of jumping

She says she's tired of life

she must be tired of something

[Chorus:]

Round here she's always on my mind

Round here hey man got lots of time

Round here we're never sent to bed early

And nobody makes us wait

Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late

I can't see nothin', nothin', round here.

You catch me if I'm falling.

You catch me if I'm falling.

You catch me cause I'm falling down on you

I said, "I'm under the gun..."

Round here.

Oh, man, I said, "I'm under the gun..."

Round here.

And I can't see nothin', nothin'.

Round here.

We don't actually do a ton of research before doing the show: this is new media where feelings rule over fact!

And here's the actual music video for "Round Here" again if you missed it in the preview post.  Don't see any small pool like Diana mentioned, but it's the metaphor that counts.

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