Joseph LeDoux: Inside the Brain, Behind the Music, Part 5
Crime of Passion (J. LeDoux)
(Rosanne Cash vocals in parentheses)
Sentenced to death
For a crime I did commit
I couldn’t stop
I did it in a fit
Of anger and pain
Of sorrow and hate
Of torture and trouble
Of misery and fate
You were to me
(Like nectar to a bee )
My source of life
(Your loving wife)
Saw you with him
(You were hurt and enraged)
I couldn’t stop
(Once your brain was engaged)
A crime of passion has got me
Locked in this dirty old cell
(A crime of passion has got you
lost in a living hell)
If I could go back I wouldn’t
I wouldn’t kill for you
You’re not worth
What I’m going though
Waiting and waiting
For my day to come
Time goes so slow
Can’t they just get it done
I thought I could take it
Just the test of a man
Wrong again
Blood’s stuck to my hands
A crime of passion has got me (has got you)
Locked in this dirty old cell
A crime of passion has got me (has got you)
Lost in a living hell
(A crime of passion has got you
Locked in this dirty old cell
A crime of passion has got me
Lost in a living hell)
Lost in a living hell
Lost in a living hell
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I read an interesting point awhile back.
“But, why do we punish people if they don’t have free will? We don’t punish machines.”
We, indeed, treat machines just like people. When machines misbehave, we either reprogram or fix them (rehabilitation), or simply turn them off (capital punishment).
“Your honor, the decision I made to plunge the knife into his chest was actually made below my level of consciousness at least 6 seconds before I was even consciously aware of the decision!” The judge would likely consider that irrelevant.
Interesting stuff. Be sure to have your CDs available when our March NYAS Conference on Music, Science and Medicine takes place. Maybe could serve as background for lunch, or reception?
So, when will you start writing about music’s effect on the brain of the neuroscientist??
Dori, thanks for the comment. I will have a good supply of CDs on the table just waiting for consumers.
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