The Sphinx
Eternal Reflections: Embracing Immortality Amidst Pain and Desire
Lyrics
I wish I could be like the king
I desire to emulate a king.
Who said to his people: my friends
A king addressing his people as friends.
This is now the end
Declaring an end, possibly to a struggle.
If we loose the battle
If defeated in battle, the people will live forever.
We shall live forever.
Emphasizing the eternal impact of the loss.
The people of the sun will remember this day
The people of the sun will remember and grant immortality.
And give us immortality
Immortality lasting long after departure and the sun.
Long after I've gone
Reflecting on a lasting legacy.
Long after the sun.
Legacy persists long after personal existence.
I want to be like this king
Desire to be a king despite the pain.
But I can't stand the pain
Expressing inability to endure the pain.
My friends
Reiterating the address to friends.
And I keep looking for all the faces I had
Searching for past identities before existence.
Before the world began.
Prior experience limited to desire.
I've only know desire and my poor soul will burn
Awareness of desire leading to soul burning.
Into eternal fire
Anticipating eternal consequences.
And I can't even cry
Inability to cry, expressing emotional suppression.
A sphinx can never cry.
Reference to a sphinx's inability to cry.
I am standing in the sun
Standing in the sun, possibly seeking enlightenment.
I wish that I could be
Desire to be a silent sphinx eternally.
A silent sphinx eternally.
Rejecting any connection to the past.
I don't want any past
Rejecting a past and desiring ephemeral things.
Only want things which cannot last
Desire for things that cannot last.
And I can't even cry
Reiterating the inability to cry.
Through God knows how I try
Expressing attempts to cry despite difficulty.
A sphinx can never cry
Reiterating the sphinx's incapacity to cry.
And sphinxes never die.
Emphasizing the immortality of sphinxes.
I'm famous or am I infamous ?
Contemplating fame or infamy.
It doesn't matter much any more
Indicating indifference to one's status.
Phony words of love or painfully truth
Recognizing the familiarity of love and truth.
I've heard it all before
Having heard similar expressions before.
Appraisal or critics and even politics
Mentions of appraisal, critics, and politics.
A conversation piece
Being a conversation piece.
A woman or a priest
Mention of diverse roles like a woman or a priest.
It's all a point of view.
Empty line.
I am standing in the sun
Reiterating standing in the sun, possibly seeking clarity.
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