“And if dreams can come true, what does that say about nightmares?”

the screams at the end of cotards’s solutions…same

i wanna know if this is common knowledge among will wood fans- some songs definently come in pairs, right?

self- and -ish are obvious, but then there's also tomcat disposables and willard!, which i kind of consider the same story. both songs seem to be from the perspective of someone who feels outcast or different from everyone around them, to a degree where they relate to (or see themselves as) more animal than human. although, tomcat disposables seems to be about trying your best to fit in, but failing to, whereas willard! is more about giving up on trying to fit in, embracing what makes you different, maybe even thinking what makes you different makes you better. the end of willard! also references tomcat disposables directly through instruments, having the tomcat disposables melody at the very end.

then there's also hand me my shovel, i'm going in! and the song with five names, which are the same idea presented from two different points of view. both songs also use digging as a metaphor for introspection, hand me my shovel being explicitly pro-introspection, whereas 5 names seems to be against it. the choruses of both songs have such similar lyrics, yet seem to disagree: "this is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet! no, i need to hit the bottom." "you could break a shovel when you break new ground; you dig dirt up when you dig deep down. you should know better than that by now, it's not profound to know that you could never know." these are two sides of essencially the same argument: should you try to find out who you are, or not?

dr. sunshine is dead and cotard's solution also seem connected, both by their theme and by the cotard's solution piano melody (and the accompanying lyrics) also being at the end of dr. sunshine. both songs have something to do with death, more specifically someone believing they're dead (this is cotard's delusion, which the first song gets its name from). cotard's solution is very clearly from the perspective of someone who believes that they are dead. it's also heavily implied this person is suicidal, with lyrics like "i wish that i were dead" and "i wanna make my murder look like a suicide", and the backing vocals singing "kill me" towards the end. i think this is related to the person's delusion; the suicidality almost presents itself as body dysphoria in their case, because they truly believe they are dead, so being inside a body that is still very much alive feels wrong (presented through lyrics like "you do the math, who's looking back? that's not me!" and "check in the mirror to see how i look; i look different in different ways.") the protagonist of dr. sunshine is dead seems to have very similar thoughts: "for your self-portraits, sign another name. who should i be then, if i'll never be the same?". dr. sunshine seems to be more about re-inventing yourself, thinking that the person you used to be is dead, and now you must resume a new identity. i'm not sure if this sort of thinking it directly related to cotard's delusion (i'm by no means an expert, i'm just some guy on the internet who really likes analyzing songs), but it does seem directly related to cotard's solution.

songs that might not be directly connected but i still think are worth mentioning include chemical overreaction and skeleton appreciation day. the last verse of chemical overreaction follows the same chord progression as skeleton appreciation day; you can hear the same melody in the background, played by an electric guitar. the themes of the two songs seem seperate, though.

one of my favourite things is when random people who have never been exposed to will wood’s existence in their life see a will wood video and are like “what’s this song called this is so good” it fills me with the utmost joy

“But they’ll all know

they’ll all know

they’ll all know

that the body’s mine”

-Will Wood, Cotard’s Solution (Anatta​/​Dukkha​/​Anicca)

hey babe it's the end part of Cotard's Solution time to turn the volume up so loud that you won't be able to hear properly and your ears will be ringing for the next 5 milleniums but hey that part is a banger

And if dreams could come true, what does that say about nightmares?

cotard’s syndrome, cotard’s delusion, also known as walking corpse syndrome: is any one of a list of any serious of symptoms and beliefs.

those symptoms and beliefs include: believing that one has lost organs, body parts, blood, they’re soul. they may think they or nothing is real, they can also become less social, sometimes not speaking at all. some can hear voices telling them they’re dead or dying. others refuse to eat, because (among other reasons) they think they’re dead. and they may try, and succeed to hurt themselves.

some causes include: dementia, encephalopathy, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, parkinson’s disease, stroke, and subdural bleeding.

some experts believe believe that cotard’s is a form to forms of brain damage the first affecting the way ppl view themselves, the other makes them continue to believe this false view, even after it’s proven incorrect. (not everyone believes these to be the case)

it’s quite rare with only abt 200 cases known. i think i have a case of it, tho i’m not a statistic yet, i don’t fell real, i’m not real, i constantly say “i’m not here” “i’m not a figment of ur imagination” “ur schizophrenic and i’m a hallucination” and i do believe that, i’m not real i don’t exist, idk what i am, or who i am, bc i am not.



my current mental state is the screaming at the end of cotard’s solution

wwatt hyperspecific poll (remastered)

hand me my shovel is the bluest song on self-ish while cotards solution is the reddest. this is a really stupid post sorry.

will wood tma fans wya

“I want to make my murder look like a suicide” is quite possibly my favorite line to ever exist from anything ever