Dreams

everybody has a dream

or at least they did.
some people's dreams are so far gone that they can't even find 'em.
like i can't find Waldo.

little kids have dreams.
Mommy i want to be an astronaut.


they taught us that we could be anything
now it's pay attention,
get rid of that distraction,
and one day you can become part of a corporation
who doesn't give a crap about your inspiration
they only want your perspiration

give in to the industry hype
become more machine-like
give up on our dreams right?

what gets us to give up?
is it that monster inside of us?
the one that whispers fear in my ear at night.
you can't do it.
what if you fail?
go get a safe job.
be a dentist

i hate dentist's
they smell diabolical
with all their whirring gizmo's and expensive pain inflicters
ugh

why can't i live my dreams?
when did it become popular to follow the public?
worry about all the industries i need to please and making money instead of making life worth living?

eff them.
we are all gonna die.
we're just tap dancing on land mine.

don't let your dreams be dreams
don't become another casualty of society.

Film Analysis

 Megamind
Ordinary World: In the ordinary world Megamind terrorizes the city of Metro City, Metro Man comes and stops him, he goes to prison, escapes, terrorizes the city again. you get the picture, he never wins and he doesn't get the girl.
The Call: When Megamind has a scheme to kill the invincible Metro Man and it works, it actually works. He kills Metro Man and now he has everything he ever wanted.... or does he?
Refusal: Megamind creates a superhero that turned evil, when the beautiful Roxanne Ritchi wants him to go stop the menace he created, he refuses and says he's going home. he goes back to prison.
Mentor: Megamind and Roxanne Ritchi are looking for information about Metro Man because the new "hero" that was created has the same powers as Metro Man. turns out Metro Man faked his death to become Music Man. Metro Man encourages Megamind to become good and stop the villain that he created.
Threshold: He escapes from prison again, and goes to stop Tighten (Titan) even though he believes he is going to die. 
Tests, Allies, Enemies: Megamind is the bad guy, always has been from the moment the inmates began to raise him he was a bad guy. his only friend is Minion, the fish that has been with him since birth, in the movie he leaves. "i'll just pack my thing and go." He has plenty of enemies, he's the bad guy, remember? everyone hates him. He goes through some intense boredom because there is no longer anyone capable of stopping him.
Approach: When Megamind decides that Tighten needs to be stopped. 
Ordeal: Megamind loves Roxanne Ritchi but she doesn't like him back.
Reward: Megamind gets a kiss from Roxanne Ritchi
The Road Back: He repairs the city from all of the damage caused by his and tightens battle.
Resurrection: Minion dies, but not really.
Return with Elixir: Megamind gets a statue of himself.

Ordinary World

Average.
My life is average. Wake up late, throw on what i wore yesterday. Go to school. eat. you know the routine. i've got it all, the sweet car, great house, awesome family, girlfriend, alright that last one was a lie, but really my life is pretty... ordinary.
I wake up in the morning wishing something has changed but it hasn't. my room is still a mess, my snowboard still sits in the corner next to my guitar. the guitar that sits in the case unplayed. however today seems different. today i'm sick of it all. today i swear i'm not doing anything. i don't go to school, i don't do my homework. i don't answer my phone. i play my guitar, each painfully sounding strum washes away the normality. i finally get to get in touch with my true power.

What would happen if i didn't pick up the guitar?
what would happen if i just continued on with life?
what if i was ok with the normal life?

Fly Away

This is for all the short people.

This is for the people who don't hear the music.

The depressed. The loveless

Fly Away

This one's for the people who keep forgetting to relax their forehead.

For the kid with the mixing bowl full of honeycomb playing call of duty at 3 in the morning

Fly Away

This is to the King who wants to be a Painter 

For the old fat guys who look like Santa.

For the Man who missed the birth of his first Kid.

For the Kid who's Dad was never there...

For the lovers and the fighters

For the hopeless and the hopeful

Fly Away

This is for the frightened and the fragile.

This is for the fallen

For the ones who can't seem to win at all

For the people who still crawl

For the people that still are still waiting by the phone.

This is for The Man

This is for your heavens and your hells

This one's for You

This one's for me

Fly away

 Fly away

Fly Away like you've never flown before. 

Sing like nobody will hear it

Paint like nobody will ever see it 

Write like nobody will ever read it

 Even though they will. 

They will hear you sing

They will see your creation

They will read your words

They will know you lived.

So go ahead,

Spread your wings

Learn to fly

Live, Laugh, Love.

Laugh like you'll never die, Cause you won't

Live like you are going to die, Cause you will

Love like you are dying, Cause you are

The only thing to fear is letting the wind leave your wings. 

Crashing back to earth                                                   

because 

                    you

                             let

                                          your 

                                                            dreams 

                                                                                slip