Saturday, September 15, 2012

Fool

      Several days ago I posted a blog piece in which I posed a question.  On that day and in that place, I thought it was both a thought proving and possible action invoking question.  Now I think it was a foolish question.

   Let's think about fools.  I realize that the standard definition of a fool is a stupid or silly person, a person who lacks judgment or common sense.  You can also be said to be a fool (a dancing fool?) when you are very enthusiastic about something.  Somewhere I have seen a fool defined as a weak minded or idiotic person.  I don't think I am any of those but I do think that I am cynical and jaded.  My cynicism hides behind one of a thousand masks I wear and that day?  That morning when I felt that piece and then wrote that piece?  That morning I was playing the fool.  I didn't decide that I was playing the fool until the evening when I recognized the song that would NOT leave my head all day:






Day after day, alone on a hill,
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he`s just a fool,
And he never gives an answer.
But the fool on the hill sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round.


Well on the way, head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice
But the fool on the hill sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round.


And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings
But the fool on the hill sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round.


He never listens to them
He knows that they`re the fools.
They don`t like him
The fool on the hill sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round. 

8 comments:

  1. You are in no way a fool - but I do love that song :)

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    1. Yes, it is remarkable to me that the Beatles created such powerful music at such young ages. How did they have the wisdom and talent to do that?

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  2. I like the way you make me think, that's not foolish woman!! You should see my I-Pod, big Beatles fan, most every song including this one!

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    1. There was some great music created during the Beatle era - not to suggest that here hasn't been great music since then - there has! But what a turning point in music history.

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  3. Ahhh, but the fool in the song is the wise one. He is the one who sees the world. He "sees the sun going down...and the world spinning round." "He knows that they're the fools." They don't like him because he is wise, because he sees, and they don't. Isn't this so often the case that enlightened people are often demonized and hated for their wisdom by the real fools. And to be brave is to not listen to the real fools. (Actually it is essential to listen to the real fools--they are too dangerous to be ignored. However, it is crucial not to follow in the fools' ways. Like those who are afraid of Obama, and therefore voting for Mittens, because he is ruining the country by creating a health care system and making the USA a "socialist" country Ha!) It is a sad song, because it suggests that the wise are alone. hmmmm, though the fool in this song doesn't seem sad. He seems content in his knowledge of himself and in his seeing the world.

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    1. You are right, Shari - this fool does seem content. He is confident in himself. Perhaps others don't understand him but at least the fool in the song understands himself.

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  4. I think we all have our wise and foolish sides. Here's to helping them coexist in a civilized fashion. ;)

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    1. Damn! Does their coexistence in my head HAVE to be civil?

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