I have all my songs listed in a spreadsheet which I randomize. Today's shuffle landed on the first song I ever created that was officially released. This song resides on my first album Love's Marrow. Somewhere I had heard that you do NOT have to believe every thought that pops up in your head. This simple realization has reduced much self inflicted suffering in my life. I am still a work in progress. Your brain creates thoughts. It is a thought MACHINE. This serves a purpose if you use it like a precision tool to solve problems or relate with other humans and/or animals. HOWEVER, you must know when to discern it's feeding you bullshit too. It produces GOOD, BAD and UGLY thoughts. This is not your fault. It is just what it does. Try not to take it personally. Let it go. Give your brain a break often, take your foot off the pedal, discriminate the good from the bad shit and be better. The song may have also been talking about how very crazy the world is in general and this was way back in 2014. It's much worse now. Oy vey, keep breathing my friends.
Since this is an early creation I hear flaws but have grown to love them none-the-less. I hit some magic on this one that overcame the rough spots. Enjoy
Dave
So Much Madness
by Dave Husted
Verse 1
Around seventy thousand thoughts per day
Most of them are re-runs we fumbling through again
If our friends could hear them, they'd run the other way
yet we inflict them on ourselves like our shit don't stink
So Listen UP!!
So Listen UP!!
BE HERE NOW
BE HERE NOW
Don't Believe every thought in your head
Don't Believe every thought in your head
Chorus
So………………………………Much madness
How my gonna lift you up
Look out…………………for them liars
There not gonna write me off
Scream like it matters, it may make you tough
Dream like it matters it may wake you up
Tell me that everything is gonna be ok
Found downtown lights I'm on my way
Kill.....your bad habits
They never really served you well
Then rise......a little higher
it’s easy when you start so low
Gather round the fire, light of the moon
Tell me your stories, never to soon
Be rich, be poor, be so much more
Then someone else’s version of you
Verse 2
Fall off your edges softly, then open up your heart
Set down all your needy need to figure it all out
beyond the sad and fire feel the broad leaves shade
fill your voice reaching out past that song's deep pain
then Give it Up!
Give it Up
BE HERE NOW
BE HERE NOW
Don't Believe every thought in your head
Don't Believe every thought in your head
Ch (repeat)
