Marc, I totally loved that lyric and couldn't get it out of my head sitting in the group. I tried not to think of it, but it did seem to justify why I was there.
OK, here's some more thoughts on music.
Pre-Seed, I loved Todd Rundgren, who expressed almost every feeling I had somewhere in a song:
"Sometimes I don't know what to feel..."
"Is that you, look who's on the skids this time, bitchin' 'bout her place in line, when all you really want is attention: but your like every other girl uptown, who wants to ride her face around..." (made me think of every girl I was obsessed with, teenage angst)
"Weren't you there when the carousel burnt down, the fire and confusion, the smoke and the sound..." (feeling of loss)
I also loved these 2 songs by Dan Fogelerg, who turned into a schlockmeister, but did write one great one:
"I have these moments all steady and strong, with feelings all holy and humble; the next thing I know I'm all worried and weak, I feel myself starting to crumble..."
Also: "Changing horses in the middle of a stream, makes you wet and sometimes cold...looking farther than you'll ever hope to see, makes you old, oh, makes you old..."
I also loved Patti Smith's Redondo Beach, which was about suicide: "Down by the ocean it was so dismal,
Women all standing with a shock on their faces.
Sad description, oh I was looking for you."
Also Barnstorm: Turn to Stone and Mama Says. What great songs! I really was suffering by not listening to my songs at the Seed.
Stripe - did you like Zappa's Billy the Mountain? One of the funniest, craziest albums of all time.
Art did get me to listen to Frank Sinatra. I still think he's great.
Landy, do you know of John Gorka? He writes fantastic lyrics...my wife and I saw him at a folk festival in Hocking Hills, OH - just him and a guitar, in an old log cabin with about 20 people. One of the best music experiences of my life.