Friends: The Truth in Society

I can’t say I’m really quite a pessimist. But I’m not exactly an optimist either.

Recently something has occurred that sent my mind whirring. Or spinning. Or well, whatever word suites your taste.
It occurred to me that we really don’t know anyone. At all. They tell you things and you see things, but did what you see really happen? Is what they say true? So the doctor says your sick, you take medicine, you feel better. Maybe you’re just on an all-time high?
But really, it’s friends. Friends.
Its a great feeling to have the person you trust completely, no matter what their flaw, to be the one there. You might not know everything about them but you can cry to them and all that. And society completely allows it, sure, but does it actually exist? It’s a wonderful theory; a grand idea with a true vision. But can we prove it? If we try, where do we tell truth apart from lies? So then they tell you all their secrets, with proof and all, but what if they’re all in it? Against you? Well then it’s a lie. And if not? Well it’s the truth. But depending on your decision you choose pain from joy. Although one could argue you’ll end up with both any way so it’s not like it matters, right?
Wrong.
Because that joy can cancel out the pain of anything else.
But if we get that pain…its going to cancel out joy.
Order matters, but even more so impact.
But one can live on thinking there is such as truth and lies. And it makes a happy society. If we were all paranoid, well, we’d have no society. Everyone would be socially inept and society as we know it would cease to exist.
Cause really, friendship plays such a huge role. But there has to be a small nagging “but what if…?” in the back of the mind.
But oh no! We must avoid doubt and confusion. Make it easier. Ignore it. Throw all those that question it into a psychiatric ward.
Lies and truth. Maybe the lie is the truth for someone else. So really, a lie is an opinion, a personal perception of the fact.

Music: Modest Mouse, Dashboard!

Well, it would’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know.
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.

Oh, it should’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know.
Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I’d like to go.

Oh, it could’ve been, should’ve been worse than you would ever know.
Well, the windshield was broken but I love the fresh air you know.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)

Oh, it would’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know, oh!
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Oh, we talked about nothing which was more than I wanted you to know-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Now here we go!

Oh! It would’ve been, could’ve been worse than it had even gone
Well, the car was on blocks, but I was already where I want.
(It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
Why should we ever even ever really even get to know?
(It was impossible, we ran it good, we ran it good)
Oh if the world don’t like us it’ll shake us just like we were a co-oh-oh-oh-old.
Now here we go!

Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it
We’ve yet to crash, but we still might as well tow it
Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon,
Every dawn you’re surprising,
and in the evening one’s consoling
Saying “See it wasn’t quite as bad as”
Well, it would’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know.

I was patiently erasing and recording the wrong episodes
After you had proved my point wrong,
It wasn’t like I’d let it go, oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh.
I just wanted to catch the last laugh of this show.

Yeah, it would’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know.
Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio.
(The dashboard melted, but we ran it good, we ran it good)

Hard-wired to conceive, so much we’d have to stow it
Even needs have needs, tiny giants made of tinier giants.
Don’t wear eyelids so I don’t miss the last laugh of this show.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)

Oh, we could’ve been, should’ve been worse than you would ever know.
(The dashboard melted but we still have the radio)
Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I’d like to go-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Now here we go!

Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it
We’ve yet to crash, but we still might as well tow it
Standing at a light switch to each east and west horizon,
Every dawn you’re surprising,
and in the evening one’s consoling
Saying “See it wasn’t quite as bad as”

Oh it would’ve been, could’ve been worse than you would ever know.
Dashboard by Modest Mouse, now one of my favorite songs.
All of their lyrics are actually really engaging and have actual meaning, which is so hard to find nowadays with all these new pop artists where all they can sing is “lalala love me baby, all night, love me *insert some stupid chorus* oh baby, you came over last night, I love you blah blah blah *insert repetitive crap*”.
These lyrics have some repetition, but not even close to all the songs that are so popular today.
Another artist I like with respectable lyrics is Yael Naim.