Fleeting Fool
Ephemeral Reflections: Embracing Life's Transience
Lyrics
Longing for your gentle touch
Expressing a desire for a tender and affectionate contact with someone.
Caressing hands
Describing hands that lovingly stroke or touch.
Kissing this selfish child
Kissing a self-centered or selfish individual.
Sometimes we wander
Reflecting on moments of aimless wandering.
Modern makes us
Commenting on the impact of modernity, which increases desires.
Desire more
Expressing a heightened longing or craving for more.
Than anyone could ever store in barns
Describing desires that surpass what can be contained or stored.
Or hide in taverns
Noting the inability to conceal desires, even in social places like taverns.
Gone gone gone ah
Repetition for emphasis, expressing a sense of loss or disappearance.
You fleeting fool
Referring to someone as a fleeting fool, possibly indicating a transient or impermanent nature.
Things pass away
Acknowledging the inevitability of things passing away or ending.
Sailing on the Hudson Bay
Using sailing on the Hudson Bay as a metaphor for a journey or experience.
Viewing a destination as a source of solace or comfort in the midst of challenges.
Should surely calm the rain
Believing that reaching a destination should bring an end to difficulties, like calming rain.
Then there was lightening
Introducing an unexpected event (lightning) that disrupts the expected calm.
Toothless tigers
Using toothless tigers as a metaphor for vulnerability despite apparent strength.
Still have claws
Emphasizing that even without teeth, tigers (potent forces) can still cause harm.
Which shred to pieces what instinct shall recall
Describing the destructive power of instincts that may override rational recall.
What if it's human
Raising a question about the nature of a situation or relationship—whether it is human.
Gone gone gone ah
Repetition for emphasis, signaling another instance of loss or disappearance.
You fleeting fool
Addressing someone as a fleeting fool once again, reinforcing impermanence.
Things pass away
Reiterating the inevitability of things passing away or coming to an end.
Gone gone gone ah
Repetition for emphasis, echoing the theme of loss or disappearance.
You fleeting fool
Addressing someone as a fleeting fool once more, underscoring the transient nature of existence.
Things pass away
Concluding with the acknowledgment that things pass away or cease to be.
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