Song of the Day: Zydrate Anatomy from Repo: the Genetic Opera

Hi All!

These past few days I have been a little under the weather.  (I know it seems like I say that all the time, but that is another topic to talk about later.)  So, I'm sorry for the lack of posting.  Today's song comes from "Repo: The Genetic Opera."  This song has a catchy beat and it's weird repetition gives a trance like quality to it.  The Song of the Day is Zydrate Anatomy. There is another version of the song that I am not able to post here.  So, I will post the link at the bottom of the post if you would like to see the performance as opposed to only the music.

To start from the beginning:  The world has become overly obsessed with plastic surgery.  These surgeries replace badly damaged organs from an epidemic of organ failures.  The company that runs all of this is GeneCo.  They make sure you pay on time.  If not, you face repossession of the organ.  This is done by a black rubber clad surgeon.  These surgeries are done with no anesthetic, and have a 100% mortality rate.  The guy is a legal assassin, to put it bluntly.  But, for those that can afford it, these surgeries save lives and make those with the money, look like anything they want.  These people that have undergone many surgeries are ones that are "addicted to the knife."  These people deal with constant pain from the constant process of healing due to their addiction.  But, there is help! Zydrate is a wonder drug that causes relief from the pain.  It works sort of like a weed laced pcp high.  It's explained better in the performance.

But this has lead me to a question:  What is our price for looking the way we should?  And when pain comes, what are willing to do to make it go away?  Is it enough to not feel anything?

I have recently been dealing with a lot of pain, but due to my convictions I am not taking pain killers.  I used to be dependent on pain killers to help the pain from healing my various injuries.  But even dealing with the pain, there are days where dealing with normal aches and pains is a way of life.  These aches and pains are not only physical, but also mental and emotional.  You can only deal with so much before it catches up with you.  But the true question that has been troubling me is the issue of feeling nothing.  I have been hurt by so many people and think, sometimes it would be easier to to feel nothing.  At least I wouldn't be hurt, but it is at the price of joy.  The roller coaster of life is not a 0 sum game, nothing in this world is.  If you think it is, you need to look around at life.  But the ultimate decision is to become jaded to the point of no feeling or to find a solution for the depression in life.  The cause of the feeling in the opera is surgery, in real life it is grades, relationships, or death that can push you past the proverbial edge.  Sorrow is not something to be laughed at.  It is very real, and very much a problem.  Has it effected you enough to make you want to feel nothing?


Just copy and paste if you want to see the performance version:
http://youtu.be/NG2u-wSvOZ8