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This is a song I wrote recently. It’s completely geeky, but I like it.
If you are interested in learning more about semiotics and/or Charles Peirce (who is a fascinating guy), you can start with either of these Wikipedia pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce
All but three of the pictures in this video are ones that I have taken. Whenever we travel, I take pictures of signs and labels that I find amusing. They seemed to fit with this video. The three pictures that I did not take are the two of Peirce and the one of the Magritte painting at the end.
EDIT (9/18/2010): Someone requested the lyrics to this song, so here they are…
Make of me a word
With a flourish of your mind
Reach across the distance
Leave me, leave me
Leave me not behind
I don’t want to be alone
My meaningful existence
Begins and, begins and
Ends with what you know
I just want to be part of your lexicon
I’m like a simile for you
A bridge to understanding
I can take on any meaning
Any meaning, any meaning
That you need me to
I’m like a shadow in the night
Make of me what you will
Mold me, mold me
Into what will make things right
I just want to be part of your lexicon
A conception that you can depend upon
What do I need to say to send you a sign
Help you construct the meaning I want in your mind
What games did you play, my senses perceived
Created a pattern that made me believe
You are a part of me
You are a metaphor I made
A rock on which I stand
You have come to embody
Embody, embody
All my hopes and my plans
If the distortions not too great
The resemblance should be clear
The unexpected, unexpected
Is the worst of my fears
You’ve become such a part of my lexicon
I believe that without you I can’t go on
Hey Charlie
Help me out Mr. Pearce
The ground don’t match my interpretant
And things can only get worse
I need some kind f model
Maybe a sign from above
Somethiing to help me make sense of it all
A Semiotics of love
What do I need to say to send you a sign
Help you construct the meaning I want in your mind
What games did you play, my senses perceived
Created a pattern that made me believe
You are a part of me .