Slave or Master
Existential Reflections: Slave or Master Unveiled
Lyrics
Looking at my hands I start to wonder
Contemplating the origin of ideas and actions
are all my ideas an idiots blunder?
Questioning if personal thoughts are foolish
Who is writing these words
Uncertainty about authorship of thoughts/words
I no longer know
Doubt regarding self-awareness
is this life just an elaborate p..p..p..puppet show?
Life perceived as a scripted performance
Is this body really without a soul?
Questioning the existence of a soul within the body
Am I merely an actor lost in his role?
Considering life as playing a role on a stage
If it is so - who is directing this play?
Questioning the force controlling life's direction
All is decided there is no way I can stray
Feeling powerless against predetermined fate
When the world is evil
Describing the world as malevolent
and heading for disaster
World perceived as moving towards destruction
Who am I am, I the slave or the master?
Identity dilemma: unsure if subservient or in control
This freedom is impossible to buy
True liberty is unattainable
I keep asking the question: Who am I?
Continual inquiry into personal identity
We are all bound together by the same strings
Unity among people, connected by common ties
Such is the kingdom of God where beggars have wings
Reference to a place of equality and transcendence
Beggars they have wings here!
Metaphor: even those with nothing possess power
Come child - and let me kiss your tear
Comforting someone in distress
As a king I never felt content and free
Discontentment despite regal status
Now I'm a slave and happy - how can this be?
Paradoxical joy found in servitude
The strings to my limbs get tighter every day
Sense of increasing constraint and limitation
I'm in love with my bondage no reason to pray
Embracing bondage, finding fulfillment
When the world is evil
Reiteration of the uncertain self-identity
and heading for disaster
Reiteration of the world's negativity and downfall
Who am I am, I the Slave or the Master?
Revisiting the internal conflict of control
This freedom is impossible to buy
Reaffirmation of elusive freedom
I keep asking the question: Who am I?
Continued introspection about personal identity
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