Of the Instant
Embracing the Instant: Unveiling Ownership and Liberation in 'Of the Instant'
Lyrics
Who owns what you do?
Questioning the ownership of individual actions or creations.
Who owns what you use?
Questioning the ownership of the things one uses.
This land is your land
Referencing the idea of shared ownership or belonging to a larger community.
This land is my land
Emphasizing individual ownership within the communal context.
Right now to touch flesh is real
Highlighting the tangible reality of physical contact.
Let us think only of the instant
Suggesting a focus on the present moment and immediate experiences.
There was something that I can't remember
Expressing difficulty in recalling a specific memory or event.
Did you say "I've had enough"?
Asking if someone expressed a desire to stop or had enough of something.
We are in a happy state
Describing a content or joyful state.
It all comes to those who wait
Implying that patience leads to eventual rewards.
While others plot the fate of nations
Noting the activities of others who plan the destiny of nations.
We spent the afternoons in an embrace
Recalling spending time together in a close and affectionate manner.
Somehow, you can't block it out
Acknowledging the inability to ignore an unwanted influence.
The bitter taste of interference
Describing the unpleasant experience of external intervention.
We still try to construct the difference
Persisting in trying to create distinctions despite challenges.
The space between a word and its sense
Reflecting on the gap between words and their intended meaning.
We, it seems, can own ourselves
Claiming the ability to possess oneself through imagination.
In imagination
Emphasizing self-ownership within the realm of imagination.
Then you say, we make our own world
Asserting the power to shape one's own world.
Not everyone takes what they are given
Highlighting the selectivity in accepting what life offers.
If we believe what we are saying
Expressing the potential for change through belief in one's words.
We have the chance to include ourselves out
Suggesting the opportunity to exclude oneself from established norms.
Who owns what you do?
Repeating the question of ownership in the context of actions.
Who owns what you use?
Repeating the question of ownership in the context of usage.
Then you say, we make our own world
Reiterating the idea of crafting one's own reality.
Not everyone takes what they are given
Reiterating the notion of selective acceptance in life.
There was something that I can't remember
Recalling a forgotten memory or event.
Did you say "I've had enough"?
Asking if someone expressed a desire to stop or had enough of something (repeated).
There was something that I can't remember
Repeating the mention of a forgotten memory or event.
We have the chance to include ourselves out
Reiterating the opportunity to exclude oneself from established norms (repeated).
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