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There was a girl I used to live with
Reflecting on a past roommate, likely female
She wore pants with holes in the crotch
Describing her unconventional fashion with pants
and balanced cups of tea on textbooks on her bed
Depicting a scene of studying with tea on textbooks
Sometimes I would play music in my room and she would come in
Recalling moments of sharing music and connection
She could never hang out in the day time
Not able to spend time together during the day
and eventually not in the night time
Progressive isolation, not even in the night
cos if you suddenly realised you're having a good time that means it's just about to end
Philosophizing on the fleeting nature of happiness
Love letter to a friend
Reference to a love letter written to a friend
And I've lived with other girls
Transition to experiences with other roommates
One blew twenty grand on her twenty first
Describing a girl who spent a large sum on her 21st
She said she wished she'd just gone to the pub
Expressing regret about the extravagant choice
she said her inheritance was a curse
Viewing her inheritance as burdensome
and she was too drunk to even remember it
Highlighting her intoxicated state and its impact
Imagine a twenty thousand dollar bar tab with you and thirty of your closest two-bit friends
Imagining a scenario with a substantial bar tab
On deck on a yacht in sydney harbour
Visualizing being on a yacht in Sydney Harbour
not even your mother or your father there to keep you in check
Emphasizing the absence of parental figures
Somebody told me once that if you wanna be a good liar just plan to tell the truth
Advice on lying by planning to tell the truth
Then in the moment your brain will go into fight or flight mode and do all the hard
Explaining the psychology of effective lying
work for you
Indicating the brain's automatic response in deceit
And if you get found out
Consequence of being discovered in a lie
just make up some excuse
Suggesting creating excuses when caught in a lie
say you didn't do it for you, you did it for the greater good
Advocating justifying actions for the greater good
And just remember that if you make it worth their while anyone will forgive you
Highlighting the power of incentives in forgiveness
And then you can walk out into the daylight
Positive outcome of successfully deceiving others
you can look at yourself in the mirror and feel alright
Encouraging self-assurance after deceit
you can tell other people what they should and shouldn't do
Asserting influence on others through deception
and if you keep up your front they will listen to you
Stressing the importance of maintaining a facade
Imagine a two hundred thousand dollar bar tab
Imagining an even larger bar tab, involving family
between you and your mum and dad
Extending the scenario to include parents and teachers
and all you primary school teachers
Pondering who would tire first in the extravagant scenario
who would be the first to give up and go to bed?
Continuation of the imaginative scenario with teachers
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