fatalism
Embracing Change: A Journey from Fatalism to Freedom
Lyrics
It took an ex-pat to see
Realization dawns through an outsider's perspective
All my life was just predestine
Life seemed predetermined or fated
And oh, what a waste
Expressing regret for wasted time
(Days, months, years and years)
Reflection on the passing of time
Acquainted with sadness, that was me
Familiarity with sadness defines the past
Begging to grasp at the concept of glee
Desire to understand and experience happiness
And loving the taste
Appreciation for positive experiences
(Years, months, days and days)
Reflection on the passage of time in a different order
It's hard to look back without hate
Looking back on the past is challenging without resentment
And focus on making a change
Focusing on making positive changes in life
I grow stronger everyday
Personal growth and strength emphasized
Reflection is shrouded in pain
Reflecting on the past is painful
All my life I'd be unhappy
Lifetime marked by unhappiness
And lived it thusly awry, and awfully sadly
Lived life in a wrong and sorrowful manner
Now my chance is happening and I am changed
An opportunity for positive change has arrived
But cannot control halfway, my own brain
Struggle to control one's own thoughts and emotions
It's hard to look back without hate
Looking back without harboring hatred is difficult
And focus on making a change
Emphasizing the need to focus on positive change
I grow stronger everyday
Continued personal growth and strength
Reflection is shrouded in pain
Painful reflection persists
Spent so much of my living
Significant time spent on negative emotions and self-loathing
On time wasted and self-hate
Regret for wasting time and harboring self-hate
And no hope and no future
Lack of hope and a bleak future
Breads unrest and disease
Negative consequences of a life filled with unrest and disease
And no hope
Emphasizing the absence of hope
And no future
Reiteration of hopelessness and a grim future
Breads unrest
Breadth of unrest affecting the speaker
For me
Possibly personal consequences of unrest
And now I finally see the light
Realization of a positive change and a metaphorical light
It's in your eyes
The realization is reflected in someone else's eyes
I feel completely
A sense of completeness and fulfillment
Repurposed
A feeling of being repurposed or given a new purpose
No room for
No tolerance for mistakes or missteps
A misstepping
Emphasis on avoiding errors or misjudgments
And no room for
No space for withholding or not expressing emotions
Not expressing this
Reiterating the importance of expressing emotions
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