In what may be a world first, a peer-reviewed journal, Frontiers in Psychology, has published a song.
The musical contribution to science is called ‘It’s Hard Work Being No One’, and it comes from psychologist J. Scott Jordan of the Illinois State University. Here’s some of the lyrics, which deal with nothing less than the existential question of identity:
I got a ticket on the next train to OZ Gotta see that crazy wizard because Even tin man was an I, just had no heart Scarecrow was an I, just not that smart And the lion, he’s a coward, but at least he’s an I Me, I’m just a guy who has to deny he’s an I Oh I wish that I could depart This lonely land of Descartes
You can listen to the rather catchy piece as part of the Supplementary Material.
In the accompanying notes to the song, ...
