ton of bricks

so a month or so ago i finally "heard" some of the lyrics in what i consider to be an extremely influential song :

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So come, come relax,
Grin, let the changes in
Come on, come relax
Grin,
Let the laughter, let the laughter
Let the laughter begin

Relax, grin, let the changes in.
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i realized then that i had listened to the song without really hearing the words, and then done exactly as the song exhorts.

yesterday i was listening to the same song, singing along as i often do these days, when another bit of lyrics smacked me upside the head:

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You have not betrayed your ideals
Your ideals betrayed you
What are you going to do?
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hfs.

hfs
hfs
hfs

not only are the first two lines true beyond belief
the third line is word-for-word what i wrote in my notebook - what stared me in the face for 2 hours - just after my ideals betrayed me.

hfs.

the universe is a funky, funky place.