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http://community.tulpa.info/thread-general-music-thread?highlight=music Not sure if this is the exact same thing as you were aiming for.

 

Not even close, but I applaud your efforts.

 

I did not intend to create a free-for-all, off-topic thread about unrelated musical tastes or random songs. As I clearly stated in the original post, I'm aware that the forum already hosts dozens of topics about music, especially in regards to 'forcing'.

 

This thread, which I have unambiguously titled "Tunes About Tulpas," is meant to be the melodious counterpart to the thread about other media portrayal of 'tulpas'. What I'm looking to accomplish here is to create a sort of forum repository for songs that contain lyrical content which could be easily interpreted as relating to 'tulpa,' or/and the paracosms ("wonderlands") in which they reside.

 

I have a couple more entries.

 

Before I discovered that there was a community interested in creating adult imaginary companions, I had several songs that I felt described, in part or in whole, the experience I was having with a self-induced, sentient 'phantom'. Both links specifically remind me of the doubt, confusion, despair and joy that often accompany the 'tulpa' process and experience.

 

Simian - You Set Off My Brain

[video=youtube]

I don't believe that I'm here when I know that I'm there

Nothing they say will convince 'cause I know I am there

Back of my mind there is fear that you're not really there

I won't say what you are not, so just wait — don't despair

 

You set off my brain

 

End of the day is a time when location conveys

I don't know what they would think if they knew of our play

Conventions exclude from the ties that combine and replace

Replace me again, take it back to the time...

 

You set off my brain

Tipper - Dissolve (Out)

[video=youtube]

Yes, you are

The nothing

Only just a thought

Occupy your space

And that's enough

Particles

Are all you ever were

 

Always miss the point (point)...

 

It's time to leave,

Time to leave a solid state again (state again)

It's time to leave,

Time to leave a solid state again

 

Contemplate surroundings

Run into a wall

Backwards to go forwards

And so we're told

Got no definition here

 

Makes your mind

Turn until it's old

Reality has got a heavy hold

 

It's time to leave,

Time to leave a solid state again (state again)

It's time to leave,

Time to leave a solid state again...

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Nirvana - Lithium?

 

I was thinking about it earlier today. Sounds like some people here.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfDaKzk3B8

 

Sorry, Shui - forgot to acknowledge your post after all of the other things. I appreciate the addition!

 

Although the song definitely doesn't portray a situation which directly relates to 'tulpas,' I agree that the lyrics do seem to jibe with some of the more desperate posts I've seen on here.

 

I'm actually surprised there haven't been more suggestions. My genres are somewhat limited to a spectrum of heady electronic, and I'm betting there have to be a plethora of relevant songs in the various rock and metal subgenres.

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Yeah, I'm not really a musical person. I don't mind music, but I don't listen to it, so my knowledge of songs is quite limited.

"'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you.'"

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Posting this is practically obligatory, seeing as I made it with tulpa creation in mind, along with Winter's experience before I started consciously and knowingly forcing.

 

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/544730

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That's something new. I never thought there were people who don't listen to music. Sort of hard to imagine life without it for me.

 

I find more people that don't connect strongly to music than those who do. The way my brain operates makes it difficult for me to understand a life unaccompanied by ever-present melodies. O, the wonders of 'neurodiversity' (hah-haaah, buzzwords!).

 

Yes, the vagueness of that Pixies song, and its relation to a similar dissociative theme, makes it a great candidate. Thank you!

 

Posting this is practically obligatory, seeing as I made it with tulpa creation in mind, along with Winter's experience before I started consciously and knowingly forcing.

 

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/544730

 

FANTASTIC, Skye. Thank you for sharing this.

 

Your voice (I love your register) and choice of genre both reminded me of a song I associated with my 'tulpa' for the longest time. In my case, the lyrics were sung from the perspective of my already fully (and frighteningly) sentient thoughtform in answer to the doubts and turmoil you seem to address in your song. I would have forgotten had you not posted that!

 

It's not quite worthy of being included in the actual list, but it's

if ever you're curious.


On second thought — and listen — I think I'll include the Trifonic track for ease of play...

 

Trifonic - Good Enough

[video=youtube]

I will be here when you need me by your side

I will be here once the thrill is gone

I will be here when everything is just right

I will be here after you move on

 

I'm a rock in the ocean

And you, you are the tide

You know I am going nowhere

I'm just waiting here for the water to rise

 

I don't know how the story ends

And I don't want to know, so if you do

Don't tell me

Let's pretend we write it as we go

Promises are so hard to keep

We say things we don't mean

You're here for now is good enough for me

 

I will be here when you need me by your side

I will be here once the thrill is gone

I will be here when everything is just right

I will be here after you move on...

...and add a couple more with the caveat that they may only be of personal relevance.

 

'Vespertine,' if I remember correctly, was explained by Björk as being an album of introversion, internal exploration and personal fantasy. To me, 'Hidden Place,' reflects a daydream foray into a very sensual paracosm where she's able to call upon an unreal man who, although unable to truly touch her, provides sanctuary and bliss.

 

(This one's great for the girls in the audience.)

 

Björk - Hidden Place

[video=youtube]http://youtu.be/olvfL4iKMWE

Through the warmthest cord of care

Your love was sent to me

 

I'm not sure of what to do with it

Or where to put it

 

I'm so close to tear

And so close to

Simply calling you up

I'm simply suggesting

 

We go to that hidden place

That we go to the hidden place...

 

Now, I have

Been slightly shy

And I can smell a pinch of hope

To almost have allowed once fingers

To stroke

The fingers I was given to touch with

But careful, careful

There lies my passion, hidden

There lies my love

I'll hide it under a blanket

Lull it to sleep

 

I'll keep it in a hidden place

Keep it in a hidden place

 

He's the beautifullest

Fragilest

Still strong

Dark and divine

And the littleness of his movements

Hides himself

He invents a charm that makes him invisible

Hides in the air

Can I hide there too?

Hide in the air of him

Seek solace

Sanctuary

 

In that hidden place

In a hidden place...

We'll stay in a hidden place...

We'll live in a hidden place...

We'll be in a hidden place

In a hidden place

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I have a few more contributions thanks to friends:

 

Evanescence - Imaginary

[video=youtube]

I linger in the doorway

Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name

Let me stay

Where the wind will whisper to me

Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story

 

In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby

I lie inside myself for hours

And watch my purple sky fly over me

(More lyrics here.)

 

Andrea Parker - Some Other Level

[video=youtube]http://youtu.be/VhUZG_z88hA

No place like here:

On some other level

Imaginary time

Another place of mine

Playing hide and seek

In the palm of your hand

 

Reality you never

Quite grasp or understand

 

What lies ahead?

Hard to define

The movement and change

Of suspended time

 

Moving forward

To cover different ground

Postcards from another planet

Waiting to be found

 

Sound experience

Everything I see,

Impossible to resist

A journey of discovery

 

No place like here:

On some other level

Imaginary time

Another place of mine

And I can't speak for anyone else, but this track is a good representation of how my 'tulpa' experiences have happened since childhood. Hell, it would be right at home with my old cassette recordings. I'm forever haunted by The Enchanting Wizard of Rhythm:

 

Mandrill - Universal Rhythms

[video=youtube]http://youtu.be/ph01B-hDmtc

Child: Who are you?

 

Wizard of Rhythm: I'm the Enchanting Wizard of Rhythm.

 

Child: Why did you come here?

 

Wizard of Rhythm: I came here to tell you about the rhythms of the Universe.

 

Child: Would you please tell me about them?

 

Wizard of Rhythm: When rhythms fall through a cosmic forest they explode into colorful rain drops of time.

 

Like metallic butterflies, they flap their wings,

And embrace rhythms of hope.

 

Hoping that all, even wishing that all, would remain free.

 

Free, like rhythms of water bathing within rhythms of light,

And eventually evolving into a rainbow of life.

 

With colors of orange, yellow, and green,

They reflect all rhythms of dreams,

And start simple rhythms of truth that make babies cry for more.

 

And rhythms of sound blend with rhythms with space,

Which create rhythms of joy and rhythms of sorrow,

That become one,

In your year of tomorrow.

 

Tomorrow is when rhythms of voices are singing of freedom,

As if pouring into the Universe all the rhythms of being.

 

As higher levels of consciousness demand rhythms of peacefulness.

 

And rhythms of peace are rhythms speaking softly of love,

With tempos rising and falling like spiritual blood

That ignites into shining stars,

Then explodes into rhythms of giant gongs,

Which give the rhythms of birth from Her Universal womb.

 

Our master musicians speak rhythms of joy,

And galaxies dance to the rhythm of a newborn boy

Whose heart is in tempo with the rhythms of the Universe.

"Wow, that was strange. ...What?"

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Kevin says: "Little Talks" has always made me think of tulpas.

 

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks

[video=youtube]

Hey! Hey! Hey!

I don't like walking around this old and empty house

So hold my hand, I'll walk with you, my dear

[Video version:] The stairs creak as you sleep, it's keeping me awake

[Live version:] The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake

It's the house telling you to close your eyes

 

And some days I can't even trust myself

It's killing me to see you this way

 

'Cause though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

 

Hey! Hey! Hey!

 

There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back

Well tell her that I miss our little talks

Soon it will be over and buried with our past

We used to play outside when we were young

And full of life and full of love.

 

[Video version:] Some days I don't know if I am wrong or right

[Live version:] Some days I feel like I'm wrong when I'm right

Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear

 

'Cause though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

 

Hey!

Don't listen to a word I say

Hey!

The screams all sound the same

Hey!

 

Though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

 

Hey!

Hey!

 

You're gone, gone, gone away

I watched you disappear

All that's left is the ghost of you.

Now we're torn, torn, torn apart,

There's nothing we can do

Just let me go we'll meet again soon

Now wait, wait, wait for me

Please hang around

I'll see you when I fall asleep

 

Hey!

Don't listen to a word I say

Hey!

The screams all sound the same

Hey!

Though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

 

Don't listen to a word I say

Hey!

The screams all sound the same

Hey!

 

Though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

 

Though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

 

Though the truth may vary

This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

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I don't know how to embed so i'll leave this here.

 

it's Nicki Minaj with "Turn me on."

 

Lyrics:

[Verse 1 - Nicki Minaj]

Doctor, doctor, need you back home, baby

Doctor, doctor, where ya at? Give me something

I need your love, I need your love, I need your loving

You got that kind of medicine that keeps me coming

My body needs a hero, come and save me

Something tells me you know how to save me

I've been feeling real low, oh I need you

Come and rescue me

 

[Hook - Nicki Minaj]

Make me come alive, come on and turn me on

Touch me, save my life, come on and turn me on

I'm too young to die, come on and turn me on

Turn me on, turn me on, turn me on, turn me on

 

[Verse 2 - Nicki Minaj]

Boy you make it, make it right

my temperature is super high

If I scream if I cry

It's only cause I feel alive

My body needs a hero, come and save me

Something tells me you know how to save me

I've been feeling weird, oh I need you

Come and rescue me

 

[Hook - Nicki Minaj]

Make me come alive, come on and turn me on

Touch me, save my life, come on and turn me on

I'm too young to die, come on and turn me on

Turn me on, turn me on, turn me on, turn me on

(x2)

 

[bridge - Nicki Minaj]

You've got my life in the palm of your hands

Come save me now, I know you can

D-D-D-D-Don't let me die young

I just want you to father my young

I just want you to be my doctor

We can get it crackin', chiropractor

I-I-I-I-I-I-I know you can save me and make me feel alive

 

[Hook - Nicki Minaj]

Make me come alive, come on and turn me on

Touch me, save my life, come on and turn me on

I'm too young to die, come on and turn me on

Turn me on, turn me on, turn me on, turn me on

"The way is in training."

- Miyamoto Musashi

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