What is Crazy?
Jim Flannery
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What is crazy? It doesn't show up in the DSM Yet I fear it and believe it, cause I was once called it by them But what does it mean, if I'm as crazy as it seems Or worse yet, if I'm as normal as can be If you want to know what Then you've gotta know why Cause what you label crazy may be madness in disguise So who is it that decides? Cause supposedly I'm crazy, though I can also tell you why But why the f*ck would I do that, when it's so much safer to lie Your stories and accusations, they're all whats without whys Like the existence of a hell, they represent lies If I'm talking about my wonders or trying to walk on water Why don't you just call me an ass hole instead of calling a doctor Without knowing why someone does what You're left with assumptions, not data, which are ideas not facts You've ruined the word crazy, and stamped it on my back You cast a spell on me that's influenced the way I live and act My actions might have seemed sudden or maybe suspicious To observe from the outside what happened so quickly But was anyone there to see me try Or did anyone ever ask me why Or did they just judge from what they could see And make up the rest inside for me If I'm talking to myself, why the f*ck would you be scared It just means that I'm conversing, peacefully, please pretend that I'm not there If I'm sitting on the ground, I could be left alone There's nothing crazy about sitting my ground Though it may be dumb to choose when I have something to lose Though would it make a difference if I sat alone, or was surrounded by a sizeable crew Would your judgment change, or would you assume I must be sane just cause we're a few Sitting or standing alone, or tinkering with electronics in the unknown Experimenting in hiding, or protesting on stage I don't see anything crazy 'till your decision's made You call crazy what you can't explain And assume its cause I've got some kinda fucked up brain I could tell you why I act the way I do It's cause of you, I think we've all been fucked up too I may believe in dinosaurs, time travel, and aliens Beliefs are what inspire, give hope, and drive our actions I believe anything is possible that cannot be proven not Though that's a double negative, the belief is on the spot Hardly crazy, though I cannot blame your doubts If I claimed to go to the 60's, have met ET, and rode a brontosaurus back to the now Is my imagination a defect or a broken circuitry? It doesn't seem like I'm broken if I'm still living, can't you see? But maybe crazy, maybe crazy Maybe I rode a dirt bike home when I was stuck without a ride Or paid a friendly cab driver too much for his time Or believed I could change the world by acting out of line I haven't lost my mind, please just ask me why Though depending who you are, I might just have to lie It must have been too crazy, it must have been my choice To wake up in a four-point restraint, alone, without a voice I'd say that shit's crazy too, cause even you don't know why You do this shit to people and make them want to die Sorry for the grimness and anger to my tone These thoughts are just ideas, they can do no harm alone Yet I've had ideas and ambitions, and a hard to stop drive That have been called crazy, got me locked up, without a crime Is that crazy? Or am I? I've tried to find a diagnostic or a theory for what's inside But since no one's asked, why, why, why I can't tell if I'm crazy or if that's just a lie I struggle to trust myself when every single action Goes through a filter, Is this crazy or not? I'm always fucking asking It slows me down, though at times I've lifted the crown To see past what's been lacking, self-doubt and confidence, my entities attacking The reality seems, that I'm still here to scream If I were crazy, I would have already drowned in A river of randomness, not explainable action So check your sources for who said crazy And ask them why they're asking
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