"Cartoon" by Soul Asylum

Released originally in 1988, Soul Asylum, during the beginning of the alternative rock surge, "Cartoon" was a nonsensical song.

As is with any nonsensical song, the title of the song may or may not appear (The latter occurrence happened in "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order, now one of the most covered songs from the 1980s)

Why Kimberly Chose This Song
Kimberly had in the past 4 years was told her favorite doll parts were discontinued, lost two cats to illness, sign petitions to help society's ills become a thing of the past, lost 30 pounds and had numerous doctor visits, all with the negative prognosis of "Lose Weight or Die" She would watch various cartoons and found a surreal laughter in her mind, and hearing that voice, it was her conscience. In the moment, she got back to her usual hobbies of making dolls for the first time in over 4 years.

She also stated that sometimes, things become so surreal, she aptly interject with "You're in the movies now and I'm in your cartoon."

Lyrics
Now everybody's looking after me

If I'm dragging by some coat tail, I can't see; it's too dark

But I've got to know what's got the best of me

When the circus that you left goes on parade

and those things you see seem so far in your charade's too far, but I'm feeling like I don't dare look away

Don't look away

Did it almost make you feel, that something's got to happen soon

When you wake up feeling lost in your own room

If you're crying in your beer, you're gonna drown

If you think we'll rise above, you'd better look around, you'll see

It's a mountain made of sand crumbling under me

Maybe I'm chasing shadows on your wall

They loom so large, but make me feel so small somehow

When you're chasing your own tail spinning your own wheels

and a time to leave, and a time to stay, I guess the things I look away

Did it almost make you feel that something's got to happen soon

You're in the movies now that I'm in your cartoon

There's a ringing in my ears that's heaven sent

There's a beast out on the ruins, some broken down lover's lament

It goes on and on but it won't go away.