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A dynamic life That's what I've always wanted And it seems to be what I've ended up with It's such a thing to look back and see how far I've come from where I was I needed to believe in progress When I was younger And learned about Siddhartha I became so inspired I finally knew what to go after Enlightenment The cure to these insufferable thoughts Some sort of consistency between what was real and what was not No one ever told me about the side effects Nietzsche was always after me Plato trying desperately to show me the trees Capitalism challenging me to determine the difference between what I want and what I need The side effects: I couldn't tell the difference from one person to the next The opposite of dynamic is static I've grown numb by the shock of every time I encounter it How can you be so dense? How can you not see? There's very little difference between you and me Sometimes I feel mad I get so angry The side effect of pursuing enlightenment Is insanity
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 5:42 AM UTC
Side Effects
A dynamic life That's what I've always wanted And it seems to be what I've ended up with It's such a thing to look back and see how far I've come from where I was I needed to believe in progress When I was younger And learned about Siddhartha I became so inspired I finally knew what to go after Enlightenment The cure to these insufferable thoughts Some sort of consistency between what was real and what was not No one ever told me about the side effects Nietzsche was always after me Plato trying desperately to show me the trees Capitalism challenging me to determine the difference between what I want and what I need The side effects: I couldn't tell the difference from one person to the next The opposite of dynamic is static I've grown numb by the shock of every time I encounter it How can you be so dense? How can you not see? There's very little difference between you and me Sometimes I feel mad I get so angry The side effect of pursuing enlightenment Is insanity
Nobody warned me
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 5:42 AM UTC
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