This would be easier if I hated everybody

A smart pessimist doesn't take offense when they are wrong, for it means they can take a deep breathe in relief, even if for a moment only.

An open mind believes in nothing. For anyone one item to be adored, one must abhor the opposite, or an object with opposing/dissimilar characteristics. To listen to music open mindedly in truth just means that a person will listen to almost anything once. And then they'll probably not enjoy most of the shit out there. I'm sure most of the people who actually are closer to that archetype of openness are on the internet or in record shops searching and searching for albums to listen to later on, not the people who empty ass statements like "music's my life" or "I <333 music!!". These people are awful human beings, and the reason they are is because they'll listen to anything for the sake of hearing it, without being affected by it. You'd have to ration your interest far more if you were really attempting to relate to whatever a singer is bemoaning.

Lies lies, and more fucking lies.

Here's something slightly related: MEshuggah's Mind's Mirrors.

The feeding frenzy of my starving soul, gnawing voraciously at the bones,
the exo-skeletal patchwork protecting my own reflection within;
The twin-and-same engaged in the mirrored act of chewing away
at the shell of my attacking self. The paradox unseen

Treacherous this deceit to make no choice matter
To have and yet lose yourself, until finally all reasons why are forgotten
To live through ones own shadow. Mute and blinded, is to really see
Eclipse the golden mirror and the reflection is set free





And here's an interesting interpretation of the song that I'd say is pretty spot on.

Mind's Mirrors reflects on (no pun intended) the human that finds no value or meaning in what is external to itself. In search of sustenance, it turns its field of view inwards and worships and consumes itself from the inside out, eventually leading to the conclusion that the only thing real and valuable is what is inside. From here, it eats away at itself until nothing remains.

To eclipse the golden mirror, the human recognizes that the internal self and external world are both one and the same, and no longer distinguishes the two from one another.