A Red Orchid Bloomed
A Red Orchid's Reflection: Nurturing Roots in a World of Hunger
Lyrics
What good are these yellow fangs if we can't feed?
Questioning the value of aggressive traits if they don't contribute to survival.
No purpose for brittle limbs
Highlighting the uselessness of fragile limbs.
That can't serve the world of need
Expressing the idea that one's abilities should address the world's needs.
So we climb and climb and cling
Describing a persistent effort to ascend and cling to something.
Away from the true foundation
Moving away from a genuine foundation or essential values.
I'll bloom at the bottom
Choosing to flourish at the bottom, emphasizing humility.
With the earth beneath my feet
Expressing a desire to be grounded with the earth as a foundation.
Anchored to the all-natural opiate
Being connected to a natural source of comfort and tranquility.
You can't defeat
Asserting the invincibility of the referenced natural comfort.
How many last times are left
Pondering the limited opportunities or chances remaining.
Until the cup overflows
Contemplating when one's capacity or endurance will be exhausted.
Pinned to the needs of the flesh
Being constrained by the necessities of the physical body.
Like innocence in a viper's nest
Comparing attachment to physical needs to innocence in a dangerous place.
So we climb and climb and cling
Reiterating the theme of persistent ascent and attachment.
Away from the true foundation
Continuing to move away from a genuine foundation or essential values.
I'll bloom at the bottom
Reaffirming the choice to flourish at the bottom, emphasizing humility.
With the earth beneath my feet
Reiterating the desire to be grounded with the earth as a foundation.
Anchored to the all-natural opiate
Reemphasizing the connection to a natural source of comfort and tranquility.
You can't defeat
Reasserting the invincibility of the referenced natural comfort.
Threading the years on needles of blood
Describing the passage of time with a metaphor involving needles and blood.
How many orchids can we take?
Pondering the capacity to endure or consume the beauty of life.
Flaunting filth under fluorescents
Displaying impurity in a showy manner under artificial light.
This appetite for the world we make.
Expressing a strong desire for the world created by human actions.
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