If I Had the Chance
Breaking Mind-Forged Prisons: If I Had the Chance
Lyrics
A man wandered off to war
A man embarked on a journey to war
with an idea in his head
Carrying an idea in his mind
And the reasons for it called from what someone else had said
Motivated by reasons influenced by others' words
Imaginary foes keep being created
Imaginary adversaries are continually being fabricated
It'll always fall apart when you see your face in theirs
Conflicts arise when one recognizes oneself in others
If I had the chance to make everything right
If given the opportunity to correct everything
I'd take down the mind-forged prisons of those choosing to fight
The speaker would dismantle the mental prisons chosen by those who opt for conflict
And the changes in the distance keep calling ahead
Changes in the future beckon, filled with struggles, laughter, and intense conflicts
Through striving and the laughing and the incandescent fights
Caution against opening the door to self-doubt's demons
So, don't open up the door to the demons of self-doubt
Highlighting the inner light that never diminishes
When you know inside us all of light that never goes out
If I had the chance to make everything right
The speaker would dismantle the mental prisons chosen by those who opt for conflict (repeated)
I'd take down the mind-forged prisons of those choosing to fight
And the billions of souls who've been here before
Billions of previous souls long for liberation
They just need us all to free our days
They depend on all of us to emancipate our days
We'll break down these doors
We, collectively, will demolish barriers
Break down these walls
Breaking down walls and prisons constructed by ourselves
Of the prisons we've made
Referring to self-imposed prisons
Of the shackles we've made
Referring to self-imposed constraints
There's a heaven
Hope exists, transitioning from darkness to light
From the darkness to the light
And the castles on the sand are falling down
Symbolizing the collapse of fragile foundations
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