Song for Duncan
Harvesting Hope: A Journey of Dreams and Resilience
Lyrics
Steady on, already gonemostly
Expressing a sense of steadiness despite being mostly gone.
Open eyed, and open armedmostly
Being alert and receptive, mostly with open arms.
Please be even, please be able, please be everything you've got
Requesting the listener to embody balance, capability, and their full potential.
Please be steady, please be stable, please be everything I'm not
Asking for stability and strength, acknowledging personal shortcomings.
Well you sleep all night and you dream all day
Observing someone's sleep patterns and daydreaming tendencies.
And you reach up high to stow your stars away
Describing reaching for aspirations, possibly with a sense of putting them aside for later.
And you run on fumes and you roll on rails
Depicting a life running on minimal resources and following a predetermined path.
And you harvest hope, when everything else fails
Finding hope in challenging situations when everything else fails.
Settle into your skinslowly
Encouraging gradual acceptance and comfort in one's own skin.
Cast it out, walk aboutslowly
Suggesting a deliberate and measured approach to life, walking with purpose.
Please be open, please be grateful, please be everything you've got
Requesting openness, gratitude, and the fullest expression of one's potential.
Please be ready, please be able, please be everything I'm not
Seeking readiness and capability, acknowledging personal limitations.
Well you dream all night and you sleep all day
Repeating the theme of dreaming at night and sleeping during the day.
And you reach down low to hide your stars away
Depicting hiding aspirations, possibly due to a sense of insecurity.
And you run on fumes and you roll on rails
Continuing the portrayal of a life running on minimal resources and hopeful persistence.
And you harvest hope, when everything else fails
Emphasizing finding hope as a response to challenges and failures.
Well you perish thoughts and you walk away,
Describing the act of discarding certain thoughts and walking away from them.
And you clear your eyes to see the start of day
Clearing one's vision to face the beginning of a new day.
And you look around and you slip your chains
Expressing the idea of breaking free from constraints and exploring new possibilities.
And you venture out and bring it home again
Taking risks and returning home with newfound experiences.
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