Finally! A Psychedelic journey playlist with LYRICS
So you can stop bugging me to make one now, ok?
I was recently honored to be told the following story: A woman was about to do a therapist-assisted LSD journey and was asked by her therapist to pick a motto or an intention for the journey. She said, “Bless this mess.” The therapist, who apparently had just seen me perform recently and was a new fan told her client that she was going to break with professional protocol and put a song on the playlist that had lyrics. She thought it was a bit of a risk. She didn’t know her client’s music tastes, but her hunch was that this song was going to be a really positive contribution to her journey. The song was Bless This Mess, one of my favorite songs of mine if I do say so myself, and it was a hit! Apparently the woman had a profound experience listening to it and was thrilled to tell me this story of how she got introduced to my music.
As a psychonaut myself and a frequent performer to people on drugs, in my mind, there can be no higher praise than hearing that your song helped someone move through their thoughts and emotions constructively. I think that’s songwriting at its best.
So it got me thinking. What would it be like to make a playlist intended for intentional, reflective, psychedelic journeying where every song had lyrics?
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