Hurrah
Embracing Life's Countdown: A Song's Journey into Mortality
Lyrics
I saw the light of day today and I think it done me well
I experienced the beginning of life today, and it had a positive impact on me.
Along with all the other things that I can't buy or sell
There are essential things in life that cannot be acquired or traded.
I understand the predicament of wanting to have good wealth
Recognizing the desire for wealth but understanding the challenges it poses.
If you never really give a damn about materialistic stuff
If you don't care about material possessions, it doesn't matter.
But everyone must have a roof above their head and a warm bed but that's more than it seems
Basic needs like shelter and a bed are more complex than they seem.
So you have to work your fingers to the bone
Hard work is necessary, working long hours with only two days for oneself.
From nine to five and nine to five and nine to five and nine to five and nine to five but have two new days to yourself
A repetitive description of the daily grind and the limited time for personal life.
But we're all 'gonna have to die someday, hurrah, hurrah
We all will face death someday, acknowledging it with a sarcastic "hurrah."
The end of work, the end of pay, hurrah, hurrah
Celebrating the end of work and pay that death brings.
It's one thing in life you're sure not to miss, you can't bribe or bargain your way out of it
Death is unavoidable, immune to bribery or negotiation.
'Cos we'll all be rejoined with the dirt someday
Highlighting the inevitability of returning to the earth after death.
Hey, I don't care who works for who or who's who in the zoo
Disregarding social hierarchies, emphasizing the universality of death.
When your time is through I will come for you
Death will come for everyone when their time is up.
So when you see me you must know
A signal that the speaker represents death.
It's time to go, you can't say no
When death arrives, resistance is futile.
I have come to put an end to your sins
Death as a force ending one's sins or transgressions.
So while you still have the time you must repent, live a good life or otherwise your soul will be mine
Encouraging repentance and virtuous living to avoid losing one's soul to death.
So sell your possessions, two by two, hurrah, you're free from earthly greed
Suggesting the liberation from earthly desires by letting go of possessions.
Now you might just as well come with me
Implicitly urging acceptance of death.
'Cos you're all 'gonna have to die someday, hurrah, hurrah
Reiterating the inevitability of death with a sarcastic "hurrah."
If you're brown, black, white or grey, hurrah, hurrah
Death doesn't discriminate based on race; it's a universal experience.
The one thing in life that's certain is death, it doesn't matter how much you protest
Emphasizing the certainty of death despite protests or attempts to avoid it.
We will all be tied down with the same ropes of day
Everyone will face the same fate, bound by the common threads of mortality.
Guess we're all 'gonna have to die someday, hurrah, hurrah
Another acknowledgment of the universal reality of death.
We're all in the same ship, let's sail, hurrah, hurrah
Embracing the shared journey of life and death.
There will be no more murder and no more guns
An optimistic view of a future without violence and weaponry.
Not seagulls at seas and no more clothes
Imagining a world without conflicts and material concerns.
We will all be free from this mortal flesh one day
Anticipating freedom from the limitations of mortal flesh.
Yes, we will all be free from this mortal flesh one day
Reaffirming the eventual liberation from physical existence.
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