In the song “I’ll Make Cereal” by Cavetown, we can see how easy it is for the brain to push away something that, at the time, was a terrifying thought. Something as huge as an existential crisis will drift away from thought before you know it.
Cavetown describes the song in the description on bandc...
[Verse 1]
Fall into my mattress endlessly
I need to run, just let me sleep
Then the nightmares come that feel so real
Seems the darkness weighs it down
The later on, the more it pounds
And in the morning I'll make cereal
[Verse 2]
The world's coming to an end
What's the point if we can't be friends?
Pick me up from dungeon’s ferris wheel
Getting lost inside my head
Not too long till we're all dead
And in the morning I'll make cereal
[Chorus]
So what'll it be
Cornflakes or toast?
Pills or a dose of radiation?
Armageddon is far too close
She visits me every night
(At least it makes good conversation)
[Verse 3]
Marine comes before ET
Maybe space is under the sea
And the sky is full of coral reefs
UFOs swim in the dark
We're fixated on the sharks
Slicing fins and plucking their teeth
[Verse 4]
All of this it comes to me
In the deep corners of my sleep
And the bed frame starts to creak and reel
Fish leave poison in my brain
Starts to turn me insane
But in the morning I'll make cereal
[Outro]
As always I'll make cereal
As always I'll make my favourite cereal
I’ll Make Cereal was written by Cavetown & Conan Gray.
I’ll Make Cereal was produced by Cavetown.
Cavetown released I’ll Make Cereal on Mon Jan 01 2018.