Stranger
Mortality's Echoes: Embracing Life's Transience in 'Stranger'
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Many different faces, many bodies walking by
Observing various people with diverse appearances and bodies passing by.
Beautiful and smooth and so young when they die
Noting the beauty, smoothness, and youthfulness of individuals who meet an early demise.
Soon they will be forgotten and won't ever be seen again
Anticipating their eventual obscurity and disappearance from memory.
Sometimes you keep them in your mind
Acknowledging the occasional retention of these individuals in one's thoughts.
Some may be appealing and some other may be not
Recognizing that some people may be attractive while others may not be.
There are so many they vary from unacceptable to hot
Highlighting the vast diversity of individuals, ranging from unacceptable to attractive.
You'll never get to know them, you never will recall their names
Emphasizing the impossibility of getting to know or remembering them.
You call it sad, but you don't mind
Describing the situation as sad, but with a lack of personal concern.
Some are straight and settled in the daylight
Referring to some individuals as conventional and settled during daylight.
Smear face when the rain pours down
Depicting a smeared face during rainy moments.
I remember the words of the stranger:
Recalling the words of a stranger.
Live fast and you die with a sound
Conveying the advice to live fast and face death with a resounding impact.
So that's the story that's the way it has to be
Summarizing the narrative and suggesting its inevitability.
Unless you change your fulsome attitude
Encouraging a change in attitude, releasing vanity for mortal acceptance.
release your vanity
Advocating humility and recognizing human mortality.
For we are only mortal
Stressing the transient nature of life.
and on the day the curtain falls
Anticipating a time when the curtain falls, metaphorically representing the end of life.
You'll see me laughing all the time
Expressing a carefree attitude even in the face of mortality.
Some are straight and settled in the daylight
Repeating the description of conventional individuals during daylight.
Smear face when the rain pours down
Reiterating the image of a smeared face in the rain.
I remember the words of the stranger:
Recalling again the advice of the stranger.
Live fast and you die with a sound
Reiterating the notion of living fast and meeting death with a resounding impact.
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