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My Friends and I We’ve Cracked the Code

Last updated: May 28, 2026

2001: A Space Odyssey

Today is my birthday,
and I’m riding high

We’re higher than the sun
And nothing’s gonna change the way I’m feeling now

Everything I say falls right back into everything

The Shining
The Shining

The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings.

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(Damon Dash)
(The Shining Hotel)

I still like hotels,
but I think that’ll change

(The Millenium Hilton Hotel)
2001: A Space Odyssey
(AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong)

And you can watch
from your window

2001: A Space Odyssey
Hilton Logo
(Damon Dash)
2001: A Space Odyssey

Coincidence Theory

The theory positing that any unique or peculiar observation or occurrence is merely a coincidence.

You flirt with suicide,
sometimes that’s okay

The Shining

Do what others say
I’m here standing hollow

(Sun shining through the World Trade Centers, 1972)

Pretty soon I’ll be getting on my first plane

Somebody told her that
there was a place like Heaven
‘Cross the water on a 747

The Shining

You drape your wrists
over the steering wheel,
pulses can drive from here

The Shining

We might be hollow,
but we’re brave

The Shining
(Damon Dash)
2001: A Space Odyssey

Pretty soon I’ll be getting on my first plane
I’ll see the veins of my city like they do in space

And you can watch
from your window

Baby, be the class clown –
I’ll be the beauty queen in tears

The Shining

Explosions on TV
And all the girls with heads
inside a dream

I fall apart,
with all my heart
And you can watch from your window

2001: A Space Odyssey (rotated)

But my head’s filling fast
with the wicked games,
up in flames

Now we’re wearing long sleeves
And the heating comes on

(You buy me orange juice)

We’re getting good at this

And you can watch
from your window

(Supertramp – Breakfast in America)

Raise a glass, ’cause I’m not done saying it

All my fake friends and all of their noise
Complain about work
They’re studying business,
I study the floor

R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
Counting Crows – Round Here

She says, “It’s only in my head”

Eyes Wide Shut

You could try and take us
But we’re the gladiators

My friends and I we’ve cracked the code

The New York Times

Glory and gore go hand in hand
That’s why we’re making headlines

We crave a different kind of buzz

Now we’re in the ring
and we’re coming for blood

I’m not in the swing of things
But what I really mean is
Not in the swing of things yet

(Coldplay – Up & Up)

All business all day,
Keeps me up a level,

One day the blood won’t flow so gladly

One day we’ll all get still

Get still

R.E.M. – Losing My Religion

Raise a glass, ’cause
I’m not done saying it

A Clockwork Orange

Neoplatonism

One of the most persistent strands of Western philosophy, Neoplatonism is, as the name suggests, a philosophy which begins from the work of Plato, and interprets him in a special manner. The manner of that interpretation tends to associate God with the principle of unity, making Him completely transcendent, and related to the world by means of a series of intermediaries, who (or which) derive from the One by a principle of emanation. In this view reality is a graded series from the divine to the material, and man, who has in him some part of the divine, longs for union with the eternal source of things. The system thus has spiritual as well as intellectual implications.

The Shining

I’m little but I’m
coming for the title
held by everyone who’s up

Those who are dead are not dead
They’re just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living there as well

The Shining

All work and no play
Never made me lose it

The Shining

You could try and take us,
But victory’s contagious

The Shining

The people are talking,
people are talking
The people are talking,
people are talking

Notes & References

🎤 Songs Featured

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    Various Songs (Lorde)
    Tennis Court
    Still Sane
    Glory and Gore
    400 Lux
    Buzzcut Season
    A World Alone
    Royals

🎥 Various Songs (Lorde)

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🎤 Songs Referenced

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Before I See Things the Right Way Up

Before I See Things the Right…

Breakfast in America

Breakfast in America

Higher Than the Sun

Higher Than the Sun

Its Still Real to Me Dammit

Its Still Real to Me Dammit

I’m Here Standing Hollow

I’m Here Standing Hollow

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The Hint of the Century

The Hint of the Century

🔎 Lexicon

  • Coincidence Theory
    The theory positing that any unique or peculiar observation or occurrence is merely a coincidence.
  • Neoplatonism
    One of the most persistent strands of Western philosophy, Neoplatonism is, as the name suggests, a philosophy which begins from the work of Plato, and interprets him in a special manner. The manner of that interpretation tends to associate God with the principle of unity, making Him completely transcendent, and related to the world by means of a series of intermediaries, who (or which) derive from the One by a principle of emanation. In this view reality is a graded series from the divine to the material, and man, who has in him some part of the divine, longs for union with the eternal source of things. The system thus has spiritual as well as intellectual implications.
  • Ordo Ab Chao
    ORDO AB CHAO. Order out of Chaos. This is the famous motto of the Supreme Council, thirty-third degree of the Ancient and Accepted rite—the highest degree of the Freemasons. From the beginning of recorded time, the human race has sought to explore its mysterious origins, and to explain and control the chain of causality. Order out of Chaos means the occasion of rising beyond one's indiscriminate animal patterning and so attaining a higher plane of existence. To learn the way to that plane, to follow the proper paths, to continue the journey and complete (as far as mortally possible) the wondrous voyage to a higher self and the unity of the whole—these are the goals of the venerable brotherhood of Freemasons, one of the most widely known fraternal organizations in the world.