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In Spite of Ourselves

Summary:

Inspired by: In Spite of Ourselves by Iris DeMent and John Prine, released in 1999

Notes:

I love this song. When I listen to this song, I think of them.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

[Verse 1: Kyouji Narita]

He don't like his food drained in mayo

Well his favorite sushi is actually covered in mayo

He devours a bowl of rice weighs one kilo

Top of 20 buns he still finish a Macdonald 3 ppl meal

He’s my baby, I’m his honey

I'm never gonna let him go

 

[Verse 2: Satomi Oka]

He loves those giant ass size sundae

When it comes to real food he will turn picky

He snacks on parfait, lives on black coffee

But he keeps me fed does his food delivery

I’m his honey, he’s my baby

I'm never gonna let him go

 

[Chorus: Both]

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses right off our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

 

[Verse 3: Kyouji Narita]

He was a no filter kiddo who judge my singing brutal

Then a poker face teen keeps me humble

He is true to his heart and stays real

I wish I were him, as someone who is superficial

He is my lucky charm and guardian angel

The only one I’m devoted to,

to the moon and back

I'm never gonna let him go

 

[Verse 4: Satomi Oka]

He was accepting his fate and went with the flow

He pretended cool when I left his heart with a big hole

Sly as a fox, who won’t admit it

Crazy as his name, who can no more hide it

The feeling is mutual, he means ditto.

He's my baby, I don't mean maybe

Never gonna let him go

 

[Chorus: Both]

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize

We're gonna spite our noses right off our faces

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes

 

[Outro: Kyouji Narita]

In spite of ourselves

Notes:

Imagine the gap is bridged, the cage is broken, and the barrier is removed. These two grow old together, living happily ever after somewhere in Japan. After the last breath, they are seen sitting over the rainbow, leaning on each other, with nothing but big old hearts dancing in their eyes. (Rumor has it they were reading my SCAT fanfiction of them on AO3 together at that moment?)

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