Monks and Punks (Dysfunction of the Genders, Part 4)

I have some friends who call it (as Wesley Snipes did), their “monk stage.” That is, they are so turned off and disgusted by the same bad experience repeated with yet another [usually pretty—hmm, perhaps a pattern? :)] female, that they just stop dating for a while. Gender dysfunction. Others contribute to the problem by reacting in an understandable, but regrettable, fashion: they undertake a counteroffensive, and in the process, often change themselves for the worst. That is, they do to females what was done to them by females: lying, manipulation, cruelty, utter selfishness, etc. One of the problems with this, of course, is that blanket application is made, and no allowances made for the individual. In too many instances, they end up screwing things up with a female who is an exception to the pattern they have previously encountered. Gender dysfunction!

But as I said, sometimes it is important merely to remove yourself from the toxic relationship(s) in your life. After all, it is difficult, perhaps near-impossible, to attract good energy and good things into your life when evil, or at least negative energy, is impacting it constantly.

Sometimes that realization takes quite a while to sink into our love-delusioned skulls. Once it has, though, the realization is liberating! Now here, featured for the fourth straight week, is Theory of a Deadman, with “Drag Me to Hell” from their 2011 “The Truth Is…” CD:

“Remember those good times we had
I thought you were my friend
What I felt to be a dream
Just a nightmare in the end
I trusted you, you trusted me
Nothing could go wrong
Until I finally figured out
You were evil all along

What I gave to see you gone
I never felt this way before
I'd love to have seen that face you make
When I walked out the door

'Cause God can't save you from all your sins
You threw your life away, you let the devil in
Now I can't save you, I know you too well
Like everyone and everything you dragged, you dragged me to hell

Dragged me
Dragged me
Dragged me

Trapped inside these prison walls
With no way to escape
What I felt to be my life
Was just a big mistake
I thought of you, I thought it through
Everything was clear
The only way from this cage
Was for you to disappear

What it was to see you gone
I'm sure you've heard this all before
I'd love to have seen that face you make
When I walked out the door

'Cause God can't save you from all your sins
You threw your life away, you let the devil in
Oh I can't save you, I know you too well
Like everyone and everything, you dragged me, you dragged me to hell

Dragged me
Dragged me
Dragged me
You dragged me to hell

I hope you had fun
Now that we're done
It's over this time
I'm on to your lies
Get it through your head
Our love is dead
I don't think about you
No, I don't think about you anymore

'Cause God can't save you from all your sins
You threw your life away, you let the devil in
No, I can't save you, I know you too well
Like everyone and everything, you dragged me, you dragged me to hell

Dragged me
Dragged me
Dragged me
You dragged me to hell”