This will be the last proposed title in my little list of songs. I've generated more than enough ideas to work with this time around. I have really enjoyed coming on here and brainstorming random thoughts and ideas, as well as really thought out topics. It's really helped out the entire writing process. Semesters keep me busy. I may not be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. This is not an analogy either. The other day, I inserted a stick of Wrigley gum in my mouth while I was walking and I bumped into a parked car. Damn! Kidding...
I'm still going to write here to report significant events in my life (which means you'll see 2 more posts in the next year...another joke) and show some lyrics as I go along. What the hell am I talking about, you ask? I don't know...
OKAY! I've wanted to write this God damn thing since early last year, but haven't. I just wasn't inspired by much at the time. No ideas. Obviously, I would get the occasional good idea, but nothing I took and ran with. But as time went on, those small ideas grew into bigger and better ideas. Then new ideas were formed, as you've seen on this blog. They've rotted in my brain and now I'm ready to throw it all out.
So since last year, the word Lucid has always been a word I knew I wanted to include in my writing in some form. I just like how it sounds and what it represents. I heard it on Law & Order SVU on a random January night while eating Wise chips and drinking chocolate milk. I believe detective Benson was talking about this really crazy guy who did something horrible and he had then taken medication afterwards to appear in court. She then labeled him as lucid. Now, I've heard the word millions of times before but the context to which it was used really appealed to me. I checked out the official definition of it online even though I had my own idea of what it meant (clear, easily understood) but I was frankly surprised by some of the synonyms listed. Here are some of them: all there, clear-headed, normal, sane, together...
I said to myself, "Wow. This is perfect." At the time I was thinking about very basic questions such as, what is crazy or what makes someone act insane or not together. And what (or who) defines this type of irratic behavior? So I wanted this word to be the official title of this project to represent all of the songs and words within the songs that represent clear or unclear ideas. I think this word is what anyone's lifestyle is really about. There are those moments in life of clarity where you're perfectly sane, have it all together, and know exactly where you're going. Then there are those times where things are out of control, your thoughts are extremely unclear as well as points of view, and you start to behave strangely. Now, it's important to realzie that not being lucid doesn't mean you're bad or wrong. If someone stays inside their room or a studio for 48 hours straight (literally) to work on their craft, without going outside, without eating, that can be considered insanity. But after those two days are complete, a masterpiece has been created. Was it bad to go against some of these sane, typical ideas, of waking up, going to bed, eating, going outside, socializing, etc? Everyone needs these moments of craziness. It's interesting to think about. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that there are so many different points of view in this world, who is right and wrong? So whether there's a song in this about a love that never worked out, a loss in one's life, feelings of lonliness or happiness, or anger, it all goes back to the title, Lucid. Clear headed? Normal? Sane? All there? Sometimes you are, sometimes you aren't.
As for the actual song , it's about the debate on what makes someone Lucid. Everyone has a different idea on how to stay lucid, such as living life dangerously or staying safe, getting drunk or high or staying sober, taking medication or embracing pain and paranoia, being impulsive, or keeping straightedged. Or even being all of these things in one life. What is right for you? Can it be generalized? Who knows. I have no answers by the way. But I thought it be cool to throw this idea out there.
Goodnight everyone. I'll write here very soon. In other news, that damn Al Gore with that boring documentary, was right...Global warming is not fun.
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