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   a_rod_777 to litewave   
   Re: Publius Enigma - Absolutely the Fina   
   20 Aug 18 10:14:10   
   
   From: a_rod_777@yahoo.com   
      
   On Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 7:16:33 AM UTC-6, litewave wrote:   
   > Ariana Grande's album Sweetener was released yesterday, in the shadow of the   
   death of "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin. The album's intro is a cover of a   
   verse from a 1960s song An Angel Cried by The Four Seasons:   
   >    
   > When raindrops fell down from the sky   
   > The day you left me an angel cried   
   > Oh she cried, an angel cried   
   > She cried   
   >    
   > The closing track on the album, Get Well Soon, describes a sense of   
   disconnection between body and mind:   
   >    
   > They say my system is overloaded   
   > (Girl, what’s wrong with you? Come back down)   
   > I'm too much in my head, did you notice?   
   > (Girl, what’s wrong with you? Come back down)   
   > My body's here on Earth, but I'm floating   
   > (Girl, what’s wrong with you? Come back down)   
   > Disconnected, so sometimes, I feel frozen and alone   
   >    
   > Ariana said this expresses the state of anxiety she experienced after the   
   terrorist attack on her concert where a suicide bomber killed 22 people.   
   >    
   > The track ends with these words:   
   >    
   > Here's one thing you can trust   
   > It takes you and me to make us   
   > One of those days you had enough, I'll be there, I'll be there   
   > If it ain't one thing, it's another   
   > When you need someone to pull you out the bubble   
   > I'll be right there just to hug you, I'll be there   
   > Where are you? Are you home? Call me right on the phone   
   > I'll be there, yeah, I'll be there, I'll be there   
   > I don't care who is gone, you shouldn't be alone   
   > I'll be there   
   > You can work your way to the top   
   >    
   > This is followed by a forty-second silence, bringing the track's length to   
   5:22, a reference to the terrorist attack, which happened on May 22 last year.   
   >    
   > The terrorist attack can be interpreted as a metaphor for a cataclysm that   
   causes a split in human identity.   
      
   Shock induction is a hypnotic technique in which the programmer instills   
   commands into the subconscious immediately after a sudden jolt to the nervous   
   system. It is one of the most effective and quickest techniques for inducing   
   trance and creating a    
   lasting engram.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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