Empty 3.0

I’ve been a little melancholy the last few days. And by “little” I really mean a whole lot. I haven’t been able to figure out why yet.

But this song pretty much sums it up…

“Empty 3.0”

Crawl across the floor
If it feels like something you know
Curl up in a ball
If it feels like home

Sleep as much as you can
If you can’t sleep then lay there
Pick at yourself
Until you feel pure

Something’s pulling you to the floor
Like a longtime friend
Someone’s banging your head on the wall
As a means to an end

This must be the end of you
But you know this will never stop
You can’t hear anything anymore
Just the hammer in your chest

Walk on through the growing noise
Of your inescapable path
Walk willingly into the dark
Nothing can touch you now

Empty. Empty. Empty.
Filling up with sick
Like water in your lungs
Sucking yellow fog around your head

Once you were a child
The world was darker then
Fear was in the hall
But you won’t think about that now

Just some warmth and a home
And an end to the task
Your doors are standing wide open
But it’s too late for you now

Something’s pulling you to the floor
Like a longtime friend
Someone’s banging your head on the wall
As a means to an end

Empty. Empty. Empty.
Filling up with sick
Like water in your lungs
Sucking yellow fog around your head

And although it’s not quite the time
Although we’ve just begun to leave
We will tarry not to say we were wrong
to leave behind a silent reproach
And when our eyes are searching out
And our hearts are beating strong
We’ll have a reason not to grieve
With holly leaves and scanning skies
And if the colors fade into night
And the storms our heads enclose
And our souls are set against one another
If the seas receive us not
And the skies mock our lowliness
Then we shall still love one another
For we are two, together
For we are two, together

“Empty 3.0” by Information Society

Until next time...
Erik

8 thoughts on “Empty 3.0

  1. Sometimes there’s no real reason why we can find ourselves in this sort of mood. Sometimes the reasons are so well hidden that it takes a lot of soulsearching to find out why.

    Hope this lifts soon.

  2. This too, shall pass.

    Cheer up! You could be working in an office in a boring city with your mid-fourties looming over you like a cartoon anvil with no prospects of job security anytime soon as well as a credit card binge bill sitting on your desk at home…

    meh.

  3. Erik:

    1) Get a pint of Ben’s & Jerry high-fat whatever-your-favorite-flavor ice cream
    2) Sit on the couch, eat the ice cream – all of it – and concentrate on nothing but eating the ice cream. Don’t think – just eat.
    3) After you’ve eaten all of it, enjoy the sugar buzz in the moment.
    4) Finally, just remember: down moods will pass, just like that pint of ice cream you just ate.

  4. @Romach:
    Thanks buddy. I’ve just been a little “not right” lately. I haven’t figured out why yet, but I will eventually.

    @Java:
    Thank you. I’ll figure out what’s going on here one of these days.

    @mark:
    I don’t think this is what they meant by “Funky Town”. I’ll get it figured out one of these days, I’m sure.

    @deadrobot:
    I know it will. I just hate that I feel like this.

    And that sounds pretty accurate to my goings on as well. But I don’t think that’s what’s causing my funk.

    @RG:
    Never been a fan of the ice cream. I actually put it in the microwave and melt it usually.

    But thanks though. I know it will pass eventually.

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