Greedy
Evolving Amidst Greed and Growth
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Is it greedy, to seek the sun's rays
Questioning whether it is selfish to desire sunlight
To ask for what I know will help me grow
Expressing the need for things that contribute to personal growth
Is it needy, to ask for water?
Asking if it's needy to request water
To let it seep into my roots below the ground
Describing the absorption of water into one's roots beneath the ground
Where I will be too one day
Reflecting on the inevitability of being beneath the ground someday
I will be too
Reiteration of the future state of being beneath the ground
Where I will be too one day
Repeating the contemplation of being beneath the ground in the future
Did I earn my life?
Raising the question of whether one has earned their life
I don't think so
Expressing doubt about having earned one's life
So how do I make it up to the sun?
Pondering how to repay or make amends to the sun for life
Did I earn my life?
Reiterating the doubt about having earned one's life
I don't think so.
Expressing ongoing uncertainty about having earned one's life
So how do I make sure that taking isn't all I've done?
Questioning how to ensure that taking from others is not the only action done
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Melodic expression without clear semantic content
I can't escape the warmth I've found but still I try
Feeling unable to escape a certain warmth but attempting to
I fight every inch that I gain, I don't know why
Struggling against progress without understanding the reason
No choice but to accept the warmth from up above
Acknowledging the inevitability of accepting warmth from above
No choice but to accept the compounding agent of love
Acceptance of the compounding effect of love
Did I earn my life?
Repeating the question of whether one has earned their life
I don't think so
Reiterating doubt about having earned one's life
So how do I make it up to the sun?
Repeating the pondering of how to make amends to the sun
Did I earn my life?
Reiterating the doubt about having earned one's life
I don't think so
Continued uncertainty about having earned one's life
So how do I make sure that taking isn't all I've done?
Reiterating the question of ensuring that taking is not the sole action
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Melodic expression without clear semantic content
Am I a flower or a weed? I need to know
Pondering whether one is comparable to a flower or a weed
Was I planted like a seed? It takes greed to grow
Questioning if one was planted like a seed and acknowledging the role of greed in growth
But it doesn't take greed to shrivel
Contrasting greed with withering and the consequence of not being civil
To be stepped on when you're not adequately civil
Expressing vulnerability to mistreatment when not treated with civility
Whatever gave me life is gonna take it
Contemplating the source of life also being the source of death
So I guess it's all even in the end
Accepting the equilibrium of life and death in the end
And I suppose my life is what I make it
Asserting personal agency in shaping one's life
Is the universe even really my friend?
Raising doubts about whether the universe is truly supportive
Will I earn my death?
Pondering whether one will earn their death
I don't think so
Expressing doubt about deserving death
Maybe I am not indebted to the sun.
Suggesting a lack of obligation to the sun for life
Will I earn my death?
Reiterating doubt about deserving death
I don't think so
Continued uncertainty about deserving death
So how do I make sure that giving isn't all I've done?
Reiterating the question of ensuring that giving is not the sole action
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Melodic expression without clear semantic content
Until I'm plucked from the ground I guess I'll be greedy
Expressing a proactive attitude until being removed from life
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