Paper Devils
Dancing with Paper Devils: Embracing Joy, Defying Doubt
Lyrics
What kindly fairies might ignite the paper devils of doubt that the flames of
Asking about positive influences that can dispel doubts and resistance.
resistance may dance again in defia
Questioning the possibility of defiance through ignited doubts.
nce?
Continuation of the query about resistance.
What elfin folk might tickle our joy and juggle us into a consciousness
Wondering about forces that can bring a conscious state not collapsed inwards.
which is not imploded?
Asking for a consciousness not imploded or collapsed.
Oh, let us dance and let us sing, tear off the chains that we be free aga
Encouragement to break free from chains through dance and song.
in.
Reiteration of the desire for freedom.
Oh, we sing a song of want,
Expressing a song of desire or longing.
and our thirst is the thirst of the desert wanderer whose shadow is stronger than
Describing an intense thirst comparable to a desert wanderer's.
its maste
Reflection on the strength of one's shadow.
r.
Continuation of the reflection on strength.
We sing a song of want, and our hunger is the hunger of the mountain hermit
Comparing hunger to that of a mountain hermit.
whose footsteps are stronger than its maste
Reflecting on the strength of footsteps.
r.
Continuation of reflections on hunger and strength.
We sing a song of want, and the loss is the loss of the city vagrant
Describing a sense of loss akin to a city vagrant.
whose drunken ramblings are stronger than its mas
Reflection on the strength of drunken ramblings.
ter.
Continuation of reflections on loss and strength.
But also we sit with dreams, two hours, maybe three, attempting to define them,
Contemplation on defining dreams and potential over-refinement.
to give them contour, or is that to over-refine the
Questioning whether defining dreams might overdo or refine them excessively.
m?
Query about the potential consequences of over-refining dreams.
Hear this then, the carnival, begone before begun.
Advising to leave before starting something negative, like a carnival.
Nothing but beginnings before begotten. nothing but youth before the forgotten.
Emphasizing beginnings before existence, youth before forgotten memories.
The charnel houses are no more, no need to settle the score.
Stating the absence of need to settle past scores or grudges.
No shadows to haunt tomorrow's dawn, nothing but joy as joy be born.
Embracing joy as it emerges without shadows haunting the future.
No more loss, no more need, no more cruelty, no more greed, no more maybes,
List of things that are no longer present: loss, need, cruelty, greed, uncertainties, and closed doors of Mammon (a biblical reference to material wealth).
never a but, the doors of Mammon are firmly shu
Asserting the closure of Mammon's doors.
t.
Reflection on the search for the soul's identity.
Then what are we but the soul looking for itself ?
Pondering humanity as the shadow of divinity.
What are we but the cast of divinity's shadow?
Continuation of contemplating humanity's relationship with divinity.
What are we but the shapeless form of arrival, a silent voice in the wilderness of
Describing humanity as a shapeless arrival, a voice in the wilderness of reason.
reason, dancers beneath the face of dea
Depiction of humanity as dancers in the face of death.
th.
Questioning why humanity turns away from the beauty of love and its joy.
Then what madness that we turn from the beauty of love and the joy of its perfect
Pondering on the existence of fairies enchanting the world despite challenges.
grace. So, tell me then, for all the heavens above, are there not kindly fairies that
Questioning the existence of enchanting fairies despite difficulties.
enchant this blessed place?
Final question about the existence of kind fairies enchanting the world.
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