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4	->''"And when there's nothing left''
5	->''Ashes and silhouettes''
6	->''Hope that I find a rest''
7	->''[[TogetherInDeath next to you...]]"''
8	-->--"Old Skin"
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10	Based in the UsefulNotes/TwinCities, Jeremy Messersmith is a singer/songwriter. His official website is [[http://www.jeremymessersmith.com here]] and his Daytrotters session is avaliable for free download [[http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/jeremy-messersmith-concert/20030752-3738117.html here.]]
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12	Has released three full albums. ''The Alcatraz Kid'' deals with growing up and young adulthood, ''The Silver City'' with married life and the working years, and ''The Reluctant Graveyard'' is about death and the residents of the titular graveyard. All of his albums are available for name your price download [[http://jeremymessersmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-reluctant-graveyard here]].
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14	Tropes:
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16	* AmbulanceChaser: The narrator in "Deathbed Salesman" is rather tactless seller of coffins.
17	%%* AnimatedMusicVideo: Pretty much all of them.
18	%%* AntiLoveSong: "Dead End Job"
19	%%* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: "Beautiful Children"
20	* BilingualBonus: Not quite, but "Skyway" and "Light Rail" make more sense if you live in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
21	* BoyMeetsGhoul: "A Boy, A Girl, and A Graveyard," though it's the boy who's a ghost, and he may actually be a golem of some sort, rather than a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent plain 'ol ghost.]]
22	** And the music video shows a [[InterspeciesRomance cat and dog]]. [[EpilepticTrees It's open to interpretation.]]
23	%%* ComingOfAgeStory: ''Alcatraz Kid'' tells several.
24	%%* {{Determinator}}: The eponymous "Violet!"
25	%%* DrowningMySorrows: "Novocain"
26	%%* FriendsWithBenefits: "Easy Lovers, Hardly Friends"
27	%%* GriefSong
28	%%* GrowingUpSucks: ''The Alcatraz Kid''
29	* HappilyMarried: If the couples in "Old Skin", "Tomorrow", and "Day Job" aren't HappilyMarried, they may as well be.
30	* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: "Beautiful Children" and "Dead End Job." However, neither are played entirely straight. "Dead End Job," in particular, has some teeth.
31	* IWantSong: If it's not about a relationship gone bad, it's about longing for lost opportunities. Sometimes both.
32	%%* LoveHurts: It would almost be easier to list the songs that ''aren't'' about love gone sour.
33	* LyricalDissonance: Almost half of his stuff is sweet, wispy music about horrible relationships.
34	%%* NerdGlasses
35	* RaceForYourLove: A possible interpretation of "Virginia."
36	* SillyLoveSongs: Subverted, many of his songs are either about love gone sour or clinging to a broken relationship because it's harder to start over. "Love You To Pieces" is one of his few real love songs, and it's about falling in love with TheOphelia.
37	%%* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids
38	%%* SmallTownBoredom: "Day Job"
39	%%* SnowMeansLove: Averted in "Beautiful Children"
40	%%* SomewhereSong: "Virginia"
41	%%* Franchise/StarWars: "Tatooine"
42	* StepfordSuburbia: "Welcome To Suburbia" seems like it will be about one of these, but it ends on a positive note.
43	* TalkyBookEnds: ''The Silver City'' has these. Unusual in that it's an album, not a music video.
44	* UsefulNotes/TwinCities: ''The Silver City" is named after the Minneapolis skyline.
45	%%* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: "Beautiful Children"
46	%%* YouAreWorthHell: "Tomorrow," possibly.

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