there are certain things you can't sing your way out of

I've been researching Neutral Milk Hotel by listening to all the Neutral Milk Hotel songs I can find on myspace. The title of this post is something I heard Jeff Mangum say after a song.

I made pancakes for dinner. I amended my blueberry cornmeal recipe into apricot cornmeal, and it didn't taste as apricoty as I expected or wanted. Anyway, they were really good pancakes, just not what I'd planned.