Cease to Exist

I have some what deviated from my reading plan this summer. I started one fabulous book which was not on my list, and one that was. (And might I add, that I highly recommend this book.)

I suppose I could have waited until August to start Helter Skelter, but I just couldn't help it. The rain Monday evening mellowed out the weather nicely and the overcast sky was just asking for me to read something creepy. So I did. I might have gone a smidge overboard. I watched a documentary until way too late about the murders, and I even listened to many of the songs that Manson recorded.

One song in particular was slightly rewrote and recorded by The Beach Boys and is on their 1969 album 20/20. When I find stuff like this out, I always have to wonder how far behind I might be from everyone else. Am I the last to know about this? I felt so weird (and even guilty) listening to the music, as if this was a part of history my generation had not grown up hearing about.

Sorry, I know this is an odd post. I leave you with the lyrics to 'Cease to Exist' by Charles Manson and the version of the song recorded by The Beach Boys called 'Never Learn Not to Love'.

{Cease To Exist by Charles Manson}

Pretty girl, pretty, pretty girl
Cease to Exist
Just come and say you love me
Give up your world
C'mon you can see
I'm your kind, I'm your kind
You can see
Walk on, walk on
I love you pretty girl
My life is yours and
You can have my world
Never had a lesson
I ever learned
But I know we all get our turn
I love you
Submission is a gift
Go on, give it to your brother
Love and understanding is for one another
I'm your kind, I'm your kind
I'm your mind
I'm your brother
I never had a lesson I ever learned
But I know we all get our turn
And I love you
Never learned not to love you
I never learned

{Never Learn Not to Love by The Beach Boys}

Cease to resist, come on say you love me
Give up your world, come on and be with me
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see

Come on come on, ooo I love you pretty girl
My life is yours, and you can have my world
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see

Never had a lesson I ever learned
I know I could never learn not to love you
Come in now closer
Come in closer closer closer

Submission is a gift, give it to your lover
Love and understanding is for one another
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see

Never had a lesson I ever learned
I know I could never learn not to love you
Come in now closer
Come in closer come in closer