Dissecting the Crazy Train
We spend half our lives riding the crazy train chasing movement, mistaking noise for life. Only when we slow down do we realize the world was never moving as fast as we thought. Awareness changes everything, even how we hear the music.
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Sadly, one of heavy metal’s greatest front men has passed, Ozzy Osbourne.
Growing up, I was never much of a heavy metal fan. His music was loud, wild, and a little over the top for me. But over time it started to grow on me, and it wasn’t until after his passing, while watching a documentary on his life a few weeks ago, that I realized how powerful some of his lyrics really were. Beneath the chaos, there was something deeply human.
As I write this piece, it reminds me how much we are shaped by our conditioning, the lessons we’re taught, the voices we trust, the culture we absorb without question. Back then, I saw heavy metal as dark, rebellious, even dangerous. It wasn’t for people like me. I never took the time to listen beyond the noise or see the artistry beneath the chaos. I only saw what I’d been programmed to see. Awareness was still a long way down the track.
Crazy Train was one of those songs.
Back then it was just Ozzy being Ozzy, loud, wild, and a little unhinged. But somewhere between those riffs and screams was a truth I missed completely.
Because here we are, decades later, still screaming down the tracks, eyes wide, phones glowing, hearts racing, pretending we know where we’re going. We call it progress. We call it ambition. We call it normal.
But maybe it’s just noise.
We live inside motion now. The world never stops.
The train never slows down.
And the speed, that rush of doing, producing, reacting, starts to feel like proof that we’re alive.
But it’s not life.
It’s just acceleration.
The Unscripted Mind looks out the window and sees the blur, the endless landscape of updates, obligations, and opinions, and starts to wonder if anyone’s actually driving this thing.
Who built the tracks?
Who decided that the destination was more important than the ride?
And why do we keep buying tickets to a place no one’s ever seen?
We say we want peace, but we fear stillness.
We say we want clarity, but we can’t stop scrolling.
We say we’re tired of the noise, but silence feels like withdrawal.
Maybe that’s the crazy part.
Not the train itself, but the way we defend our seat.
What if the real sanity lies in stepping off?
Not in escape, but in awareness.
To feel the earth under your feet again.
To hear something other than the hum of momentum.
To remember that you were never meant to move this fast.
The world won’t stop spinning when you do.
But it might start making sense.
So pause.
Take a breath.
Let the train keep going.
It was never yours to begin with.
Maybe that’s the real gift of artists like Ozzy. Long after the noise fades, the message lingers, hiding in plain sight until we’re finally quiet enough to hear it. What once sounded wild or reckless starts to sound honest. What once felt chaotic begins to feel human. Awareness doesn’t just change what we see, it changes what we hear. And sometimes, when we listen closely, the crazy train starts to sound a lot like truth.
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