Fortune Teller
Embrace the Unknown: Tardigrade's Wisdom in 'Fortune Teller'
Lyrics
You shouldn't ask the question
You should refrain from asking questions.
You're not allowed to know
Access to certain information is restricted; you're not permitted to know.
When the end is coming near
The approach of the end or a significant event is uncertain.
To me
Reference to the speaker.
To you
Reference to the listener or another person.
Don't ask a fortune teller
Advising against consulting a fortune teller for answers.
You'd do much better girl
Suggesting an alternative approach for the listener.
To treat the future like the past
Encouraging the listener to treat the future with a similar mindset as the past.
Forget it girl, forget it girl
Reiterating the advice to forget about seeking the future.
Whether you have many winters still to come
Pondering the potential duration of one's life.
Or whether this last one will be this bitter one
Contemplating the possibility of a challenging or bitter final winter.
That's what whips the cliff eroding sea
Describing the erosive nature of time, comparable to the sea eroding a cliff.
Drink and accept what you can't see
Suggesting to accept and consume what is not visible or known.
What you can't see
Repetition of the idea that one should accept the unseen.
Don't ask a fortune teller
Repeating the advice against consulting a fortune teller.
You'd do much better girl
Reiterating the suggested alternative mindset for the future.
To treat the future like the past
Encouraging the listener to forget the idea of seeking the future.
Forget it girl, forget it girl
Repetition of the advice to forget about seeking the future.
And there is no light
Expressing the absence of light.
In enlighten a fire
Highlighting the futility of trying to enlighten someone already dark.
In someone that is already dark
Suggesting that there is no value in attempting to bring light to darkness.
And there is no point
Asserting the pointlessness of making a point about something beyond control.
In making a point
Stating the futility of emphasizing something uncontrollable.
Of something you cannot control
Highlighting the lack of control over certain aspects of life.
Don't ask a fortune teller
Repeating the advice against consulting a fortune teller.
You'd do much better girl
Reiterating the suggested alternative mindset for the future.
To treat the future like the past
Encouraging the listener to forget the idea of seeking the future.
Forget it girl, forget it
Repetition of the advice to forget about seeking the future.
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