There was this kid I grew up with who moved away after high school graduation, found a job and got engaged to a girl. Then he suffered some kind of injury and ended up with amnesia. It blacked out the last couple years of his life. He no longer knew his financee. Instead he moved home, rekindled a romance with his high school sweetheart and married her.

 I've heard that they now have a treatment for those who have suffered from traumatic experiences where they can target a specific area of the brain to make them forget the event so they can get on with their lives. I just wonder what else they lose in the process?

 It all makes me wonder if the mind completely creates our worlds? Think about a coma patient. Is that person still living in his/her mind? What if I'm really in a coma and everything I think I know doesn't really exist? What if it is just a dream - a long, drawn-out dream - and the last reality I knew occurred 20 years ago? Given the power of the mind, I guess I wouldn't know.

 But, if our minds really control everything then why wouldn't we all be living in our own paradises? Well, when we sleep we have nightmares don't we?

 That's enough thinking for tonight.

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars