what are some good books that will inspire me to write good lyrics

Holy shit. Is your name Jed?

>>9361572
lol nah

>>9361565
Holy shit. Is your name Robert Smith?

>>9361638
That sounds like a thing Jed would've said. I know you're Jed, fucker. You still owe my 10 bucks, asshole. Cucking Jed is what I'm going to call you from now on. You will be known as Cucking Jed and Cucking Jed only from now on.

-Your pal, Thomas

my diary desu

>>9363166
Hah, I should see it no surprise to see this reply here. Is this Sebastian?

You really are a kid you know that? A weak little pussy faggot dilettante who likes to hear himself speak, who knows nothing about anything, and who first and for most would like to be respected and regarded as a well read intellectual without actually being a well read intellectual.

In all honesty, as I have pointed out, I really am not [i]that[/i] intellectual. It is only that the masses, even on this board, are, in a word, idiots. If you read the complete works of the following you should be well on your way to becoming an intellectual. Yes, even you if it is you, Sebastian.

Epic of Gilgamesh
Homer
Plato
Virgil
The Bible (I almost wanted to not put this on the list, but it is important to know what's wrong to know what's right - see what Derrida says about Blue and Red, et al)
Dante
Kant
Schopenhauer
Kierkegaard
Nietzsche (also an underrated composer)
Dostoyevsky (the greatest writer since Socrates)
Joyce
Proust
Camus
Sartre
Barthes
Derrida
Wallace

I hardly think that any of these names need introducing or explaining. As for the rest of you imbeciles, it is your prerogative not mine to expand your narrow vocabularies. I'm going to go read now and you nimrods should too. You're a literary weakling, you don't know who you're up against.

-A

>>9361565
I'm currently struggling my way through this book, I'm not sure if it's a poor translation or if I'm too dumb but I find it impossible to read. I rarely have this problem, but some of the sentences just don't seem to make sense.

>>9363215
OP here. i wasnt sure if it was because it was my first big boy book in awhile or what, but YEA i have been having a very similar problem. i actually had to read through the first chapter, read the sparknotes summary, and then re-read the first chapter to fully understand it. it's been kind of a chore. i'm using the vintage international version if that helps.

i find a lot of times it will mention one concept and then use an insufferable amount of pronouns (namely, "it") for it for like three more paragraphs, and its not even specific what the pronouns are referencing. i have to redraw the steps of every sentence to find out what "it" is a lot. it's been sort of frustrating.

but maybe we're both just stupid.

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>>9363177
>he fell for the dostoeyevsky meme

>>9363263
i feel like this with most books, i figure ill just pump them into my brain hole and deal with the contents later

>>9363173
I often enjoy a glass of Scotch, and would even be ok with smoking a joint on occasion. Line of coke? Probably not anymore, because the crash sucks.

My point is, the more you focus on wholesome activities, the better your life will become. Look at us, exchanging ideas, thus stimulating our own intellect and questioning our own beliefs. This is wholesome, and it leads to progress.

Now look at these poor children posting the "my diary desu" meme. They are the example of an average Porn/Anime consumer. They have such poor drive that they feel content with literally inane comments about a nonexistent diary and meaninglessly bumping this thread even more.

>>9363263
Yes! I was going to mention the exact same thing. Like 3 lines after mentioning a concept he'll refer to "it" or "this". Also, the frequent references to other philosophers' ideas which I haven't had contact with make me feel like I'm in too deep. I actually took a year of philosophy in university but that clearly didn't prepare me to actually read without being told what to think.

>>936438
the sparknotes have helped for what its worth. sure its a site for high schoolers to be able to get by without reading, but it has a good breakdown of what camus is talking about. there's probably other, more *intelligent*, resources out there if you dont wanna use sparknotes though.

>>9364501
Yeah, I may have to resort to some kind of reading guide.

A few points have really stuck out for me at least. For example, the argument that in order to accent the existence of god you would have to either accept that we have free will to be evil, in which case god is not an all powerful creator (in turn giving man power over god, I guess), or accept that we have no free will and that god is responsible for all the evil in the world.

>>9361565
You should read Bachelard: Water and Dreams, The Psychoanalysis of Fire, et al.

What themes in this related to music?

>>9366485
One of the Arabs plays a flute.

>>9366496
Different book, friendo.

>>9366530
Oh shit, the black-white combo immediately made me think of The Stranger

>>9361565
Pink Floyd did it first anon, on the Ummagumma B-side

>>9361565
The Cure already did it.

>>9361565
dude, read lyric poetry to help with lyrics

>startwiththegreeks.meme

But seriously Sappho is the place to go, not this existentialist twat.

Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism is a good poem to get you in a lyrical mood.

>>9363263
>>9363215
i struggled as well