Don’t you think that it’s boring how people talk?
Making smart with their words again,
well I’m bored
Tennis Court
Today is my birthday,
and I’m riding high
Still Sane
We’re higher than the sun
And nothing’s gonna change the way I’m feeling now
Keane
Higher Than the Sun
Everything I say falls right back into everything
Still Sane
There’s a humming in the restless summer air
And we’re slipping off the course that we prepared
But in all chaos, there is calculation
Glory and Gore
Riding around on the bikes,
we’re still sane
Still Sane
Whoever said illegal
was the easy way out
couldn’t understand the mechanics
And the workings of the underworld
Jay-Z
D’evils
The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. 3
I still like hotels,
but I think that’ll change
Still Sane
coincidence theory
The theory positing that any unique or peculiar observation or occurrence is merely a coincidence. 6
You flirt with suicide
Sometimes that’s okay
Korn
Falling Away from Me
Words like violence,
break the silence
Come crashing in,
into my little world
Depeche Mode
Enjoy the Silence
Do what others say
I’m here standing hollow
Korn
Falling Away from Me
Pretty soon I’ll be getting on my first plane
Tennis Court
Somebody told her that
there was a place like Heaven
‘Cross the water on a 747
Electric Light Orchestra
Calling America
You drape your wrists
over the steering wheel,
pulses can drive from here
400 Lux
We might be hollow,
but we’re brave
400 Lux
Your sky is full of dreams
But you don’t know how to fly
The Killers
This Is Your Life
If you are confused,
check with the sun
Carry a compass to help you along
R.E.M.
Stand
Pretty soon I’ll be
getting on my first plane
I’ll see the veins of my city like they do in space
Tennis Court
And you can watch
from your window
Tennis Court
Baby, be the class clown –
I’ll be the beauty queen in tears
Tennis Court
And the cry goes out
They lose their minds for us,
and how it plays out
Now we’re in the ring and
we’re coming for blood
Glory and Gore
Painful to me,
pierce right through me
Can’t you understand?
Oh, my little girl
Depeche Mode
Enjoy the Silence
Explosions on TV
And all the girls with heads inside a dream
Buzzcut Season
I fall apart,
with all my heart
And you can watch from your window
Tennis Court
I’m playing my jokes upon you
While there’s nothin’ better to do
Supertramp
Breakfast in America
But my head’s filling fast
with the wicked games,
up in flames
Tennis Court
You pick me up and take me home again
Head out the window again
400 Lux
Now we’re wearing
long sleeves
And the heating comes on
(You buy me orange juice)
We’re getting good at this
400 Lux
And you can watch from your window
Tennis Court
Raise a glass, ’cause
I’m not done saying it
A World Alone
All my fake friends and all of their noise
Complain about work
They’re studying business,
I study the floor
A World Alone
No-one ‘round here‘s good at
keeping their eyes closed
Glory and Gore
My friends and I we’ve cracked the code
Royals
You could try and take us
But we’re the gladiators
Everyone a rager
But secretly they’re saviors
Glory and gore go hand in hand
That’s why we’re making headlines
Glory and Gore
That kind of lux
just ain’t for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Royals
They lose their minds for us,
and how it plays out
Now we’re in the ring
and we’re coming for blood
Glory and Gore
I’m not in the swing of things
But what I really mean is
Not in the swing of things yet
Still Sane
All business all day,
Keeps me up a level,
Still Sane
One day the blood won’t flow so gladly
One day we’ll all get still
Get still
A World Alone
Raise a glass, ’cause
I’m not done saying it
A World Alone
Wide awake in bed,
words in my brain
‘Secretly you love this,
do you even wanna go free?’
Let me in the ring,
I’ll show you what that
big word means
Glory and Gore
Neoplatonism
One of the most persistent strands of Western philosophy, Neoplatonism is, as the name suggests, a philosophy which begins from the work of Plato, and interprets him in a special manner. The manner of that interpretation tends to associate God with the principle of unity, making Him completely transcendent, and related to the world by means of a series of intermediaries, who (or which) derive from the One by a principle of emanation. In this view reality is a graded series from the divine to the material, and man, who has in him some part of the divine, longs for union with the eternal source of things. The system thus has spiritual as well as intellectual implications. 13
Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought
William L. Reese
I’m little but I’m
coming for the title
held by everyone who’s up
Still Sane
Those who are dead
are not dead
They’re just living
in my head
And since I fell
for that spell
I am living there as well
Coldplay
42
All work and no play
Never made me lose it
Still Sane
You could try and take us,
But victory’s contagious
Glory and Gore
Notes & References:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
↩︎ - The Shining
↩︎ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blueprint
↩︎ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Downtown_New_York_Hotel
↩︎ - 2001: A Space Odyssey
↩︎ - wiktionary.org
↩︎ - Unknown Source
↩︎ - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/it-s-still-real-to-me-damn-it
↩︎ - Ibid.
↩︎ - Eyes Wide Shut
↩︎ - The New York Times – September 12th 2001 – https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20030911.html
↩︎ - A Clockwork Orange
↩︎ - Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion: Eastern and Western Thought – William L. Reese
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Songs:
Keane – Higher Than the Sun
Jay-Z – D’evils
Korn – Falling Away from Me
Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
Electric Light Orchestra – Calling America
The Killers – This Is Your Life
R.E.M. – Stand
Supertramp – Breakfast in America
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (Video)
Counting Crows – Round Here (Video)
Coldplay – Up & Up (Video)
Coldplay – 42
Lorde – Tennis Court
Lorde – 400 Lux
Lorde – Still Sane
Lorde – A World Alone
Lorde – Glory And Gore
Lorde – Buzzcut Season
Lorde – Royals
The people are talking,
people are talking
The people are talking,
people are talking
A World Alone