You know that moment in your life where everything you ever loved and believed in is shattered in front of you? Like when someone "bursts your bubble". My experience today was not nearly so drastic, but hit me pretty hard. My friend and I got together today to work on some English homework. After we did some work, we watched a movie called "Across the Universe". The movie is based on a series of Beatles songs. For example: all of the characters are named after Beatles songs: Lucy, Jude, Matt, Sadie. It's a good movie, but revealed a new reality to me. The Beatles were just as stoned writing their songs as any other band. This nearly broke my heart. I've always held the Beatles in very high regard, so glad that they were one of the few bands that stayed clean and actually wrote some decent songs. But, apparently, most of their songs lyrics make no logical sense. Unless of course, you happen to be on LSD or meth. I do suppose there are a few things I can learn from this:
1. People aren't kidding: drugs whack you up pretty bad. Just listen very closely to some Beatles lyrics and you'll see what I mean. 2. One shouldn't hold people in too high of regard. Everyone makes mistakes. And everyone should know this. However, when someone you love makes a big mistake and you find out about it, you are completely broken and hurt beyond belief.
And then there is one thing that was confirmed for me from this movie.
1. No matter how it can be glorified, war is not and will never be a good thing. Ever. That I know, for sure. Absolutely NO doubt.
Anyways, I guess I ought to have found this out earlier, but at least I know now. And I still love the Beatles. Maybe not their choices in life, but I still love their songs. No matter how high they were when the songs were written.
Strawberry fields forever. . .
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