Hidden Hand
Embracing Destiny's Subtle Guidance
Lyrics
Set your wooden horses to roam
Encouraging someone to set their plans or ambitions in motion.
In the dust, come galloping home
Implies a journey or pursuit that will ultimately lead back home.
Ah, into the grave, sooner or late
Suggests the inevitability of death, whether sooner or later.
You'll be led like a child by the hidden hand of fate
Conveys the idea that fate will guide one's life like a parental force.
Oh, the silver hearse is in wait
Introduces a metaphorical silver hearse, symbolizing death, waiting for its moment.
And she revs outside of the gate
Indicates an imminent departure or end, as the hearse revs outside the gate.
Ah, sooner or late, sooner or late
Reiterates the theme of inevitability, emphasizing the certainty of fate.
To be snuffed like a flame by the hidden hand of fate
Portrays life being extinguished, akin to a flame, by the invisible force of fate.
Set your nuclear rockets to aim
Suggests a combination of powerful forces (nuclear rockets) directed by faith.
When you mingle riches and faith
Warns about potential consequences when wealth and faith are intertwined.
The rules of the game, sooner or late
Highlights the rules governing life, implying they catch up sooner or later.
Set you're fields of poppies aflame
Metaphorically refers to destructive actions in the name of a singular deity.
In your one God?s heavenly name
Connects religious fervor with destructive consequences, emphasizing inevitability.
Ah, sooner or late, sooner or late
Repeats the idea that fate will pluck one like a fruit, emphasizing certainty.
You'll be plucked like a fig by the hidden hand of fate
Extends the metaphor of being harvested by fate, reinforcing the theme.
Set your wooden horses to roam
Recalls the opening line, suggesting a cyclical nature to life's journey.
In the dust come galloping home
Reiterates the return home, reinforcing the cyclical and fateful nature.
Ah, into the grave, sooner or late
Reaffirms the inevitability of death, mirroring the earlier lines.
You'll be led like a child by the hidden hand of fate
Repeats the notion of being led like a child, emphasizing vulnerability to fate.
you'll be led like a child by the hidden hand of fate
Reiteration emphasizing the vulnerability of being guided like a child.
You'll be snuffed like a flame by the hidden hand of fate
Reaffirms the extinguishing of life, comparing it to the snuffing out of a flame.
Plucked like a fig by the hidden hand of fate
Reiterates the metaphor of being plucked like a fruit by the hidden hand of fate.
By the hidden hand of fate, ah, ooh by the hidden hand of fate
Summarizes the various fates, emphasizing their concealment and inevitability.
Ah, ooh by the hidden hand of fate
Repeats the emotional exclamation, reinforcing the impact of fate.
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