Why count sheep when you can blog about music and robots and zombies??

Every once in awhile when I'm in a creative mood, or at least thinking about being creative, I'll stumble across a song that is perfect for whatever I have in mind. Earlier this year when I was brainstorming the still unfinished Bad Jeremy Trilogy, I heard the song "Robotboy" by Robyn and my brain was flooded with images for the perfect ending montage for the film. I love the feeling when this epiphany takes place. I realize my ideas aren't anything spectacular or groundbreaking, but there is still a certain satisfaction when this happens.

I'm writing this because I just had one of those moments. It was such a random occurrence too! I was writing down some ideas about a short film involving zombies and robots (very high-brow), and I was trying to decide on some music to listen to. I find that music can be a useful, though imperfect, resource in evoking certain moods or emotions when I'm writing. For some reason I decided on an obscure band I hadn't listened to in a very long time, The 1900's. It wasn't until the third song of their only full-length album that magic happened. The song "When I Say Go" immediately jumped out at me. I remembered listening to it sometime in the past, but this time the music and lyrics struck me like lightning. It fits perfectly with the premise and mood of the film I'm trying to conceptualize. How often are you going to find a song that fits perfectly with your ideas for a film about humans and robots teaming up to fight off the zombie horde? Look at these lyrics:

Watching all the quiet faces I don't understand

I believe we can be rescued by better things than man

And everyone would be so sorry I don't even know

I've been watching all my time go to waste

And you never thought you'd be so slow

First one to the steps when I say go

Any body but my own

Waiting on the lines that we define

Listen up! I never knew I'd ever be so sad

I've been touched in places by very scary hands

If anyone should ask me I'll tell them I don't know

I've been leaving all my clues like my footprints in the snow

And you never thought you'd be so slow

First one to the gate when I say go

And you need to hold your own

Waiting on the lines that we divide

All the world is cold

Ice to snow to sun

Look at what is left

It's just me

And I've been waiting all alone

Watching all the quiet faces I can understand

Why we need to be rescued by better things than man

And you never thought you'd be so slow

First one to the steps when I say go

Any body but my own

Waiting on the lines that we define

Waiting for the one I love

I've been forgetting you

It's late and I don't feel the need to point out all the parts of that song that turn on light bulbs in my head. I guess I just felt the need to blog something, and, since I couldn't sleep, this is what I came up with. I should really sleep now.