Positive Songs For Negative Times #1: Better Days

There's so much negativity around these days. The government. (I mean, wherever you live, chances are you hate your government.) Workplaces that bleed our energy and kick us while we're grovelling to keep our jobs. The approaching pandemic. A hundred other things that make us question why we bother.

This blog often reflects those things.

But...

I thought I'd try something different, based on the theory of Chaos Magic. I'll let you investigate that further if you don't know anything about it, but the basics are that you can create positive change through various practices involving the use of sigils which are seen as "a symbolic representation of the magician's desired outcome."

I thought I'd try a few musical sigils to see if they have any effect. After all, if 47 really was my year of peak misery... well, I'll be 48 in just a couple of weeks time, so maybe it's time to start turning things around.

I heard this song on the radio on Saturday and despite an awful week at work, it made me feel a little better. It's from arguably the least popular time in Bruce's career, which as the song itself explains might be because he was happier than at any other time in his life...

Now a life of leisure and pirate's treasure

Don't make much for tragedy

But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin

And can't stand the company

Every fool's got a reason for feelin' sorry for himself

And turning his heart to stone

Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell

And I feel like I'm comin' home

...let the magic begin.



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