Trippy lyrics? insightful quotes about the self and the world?

Question

I'm looking for trippy quotes or quotes from books that have to deal with life, Im not looking for quotes that have been heard fairly often, just odd or insightful quotes about people or the world...

Answer 1

"Some people see things that are and ask, Why?   Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that." ~ George Carlin

On a much more serious and poignant note:

"FLOWER LADY," by Phil Ochs:

~Millionaires and paupers walk the hungry street

Rich and poor companions of the restless feet.

Strangers in a foreign land

Strike a match with a trembling hand

Learned too much to ever understand.

But nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

~Lovers quarrel, snarl away their happiness,

Kisses crumble in a web of lonliness.

It's written by the poison pen, voices break before they bend

The door is slammed, it's over once again.

But nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

~Poets agonize, they cannot find the words.

The stone stares at the sculptor, asks are you absurd?

The painter paints his brushes black, through the canvas runs a crack

The portrait of the pain never answers back.

But nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

~Soldiers disillusioned come home from the war.

Sarcastic students tell them not to fight no more;

And they argue through the night

Black is black, and white is white,

Walk away both knowing they are right.

Still nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

~Smoke dreams of escaping soul are drifting by.

Dull the pain of living as they slowly die.

Smiles change into a sneer, washed away by whiskey tears.

In the quicksand of their minds they disappear.

But nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

~Feeble aged people almost to their knees

Complain about the present using memories.

Never found their pot of gold, wrinked hands pound weary holes.

Each line screams out you're old, you're old, you're old.

But nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

~And the flower lady hobbles home without a sale.

Tattered shreds of petals leave a fading trail.

Not a pause to hold a rose, even she no longer knows.

The lamp goes out, the evening now is closed.

And nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady.

Answer 2

Go melt back into the night, babe,

Everything inside is made of stone.

There's nothing in here moving

And anyway I'm not alone.

You say you're looking for someone

Who'll pick you up each time you fall,

To gather flowers constantly

And to come each time you call,

A lover for your life and nothing more,

But it ain't me, babe,

No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,

It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

-bob dylan.

even the things that seem still are still changing.

-ben folds.

oh to sail away, to sandy lands and other days.

oh to touch the dream, hides inside and never seen.

-led zeppelin.

oh the sweet refrain, soothes the soul and calms the pain,

oh albion remains, sleeping now to rise again.

-led zeppelin.

too weird to live, and too rare to die!

-fear and loathing in las vegas.

Answer 3

I had never heard this one before, but considering who said it, you may have......

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."  Oscar Wilde