Back Again
Journey of Redemption: Aephanemer's 'Back Again' Unveiled
Lyrics
Why leaving on this day
Questioning the decision to leave on a particular day
A good reason to run away
Finding a compelling reason to escape
Starting a crusade on a fraud
Initiating a crusade against deceit
On behalf of a paltry cause
Acting for a trivial and insignificant cause
Pretending to be the right one
Pretending to be morally right
Eager to win the bet
Eagerly pursuing victory in a bet
Confident to become
Confidently aspiring to become something not yet achievable
Who we cannot be yet
Striving to be something beyond current capabilities
Drifting away from our home
Drifting away from the place of origin
Tossed back and forth among the woes
Experiencing challenges and difficulties
Shifting our way to escape
Changing direction to escape challenges
Feeling alien to a chosen fate
Feeling disconnected from a predestined destiny
Answering riddles in the dark
Solving mysteries in challenging circumstances
A dangerous lair to scout
Exploring a dangerous environment
Diving deep for a tiny spark
Delving deep in search of inspiration
To find a path through our greatest doubts
Seeking a path through significant uncertainties
Waking on a stranger shore
Awakening in an unfamiliar place
Exhausted by years of war
Weary from years of conflict
Caught unprepared by the swirl
Caught off guard by unforeseen challenges
Of the torments of the return
Facing the torment of returning
Good fellows to leave behind
Leaving behind companions
Wrong beliefs to cast aside
Rejecting misguided beliefs
Thwarting headwinds and evil traps
Overcoming challenges and avoiding traps
Left absolutely alone and finally back
Being completely alone upon return
Nothing else than a sum
Reduced to a sum of desires and aversions
Of appetite and distaste
Molded by emotions but with free will
Kneaded with emotions
Embracing a complex mix of feelings
But a freewill to embrace
Choosing freely despite emotional influences
An ethics still to craft
Developing a moral code
Slumbering or awake
Whether in a state of rest or alertness
Ever-improving draft
Continuously improving ethical principles
Or degenerated fake
Or succumbing to degraded values
Homecoming at last
Finally returning home
Finally found a way
Discovering a way back
No longer an outcast
No longer an outsider
Changed and yet the same
Transformed but fundamentally unchanged
There and back again
Experiencing a cyclical journey
A narrowing swirl
Encountering a narrowing and repetitive pattern
From the unknown to oneself
From the unfamiliar back to self-discovery
An eternal return
Facing an eternal cycle of returning
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