Palm of My Hand
Grasping Fragility: Unveiling Life's Delicate Dance
Lyrics
I thought I had life in the palm of my hand but you took it from me
The speaker felt in control of their life, but someone took that control away.
Now it seems my days of careless ways in fact are turning on me
Previously carefree days are now backfiring or causing problems for the speaker.
Because what seems right, feels right, ends up the most fragile of things
What appears to be right or feels right can often turn out to be fragile or delicate.
Now I'm spending my days in a permanent haze
The speaker feels stuck in a foggy, unclear state due to the loss or theft.
Because what you stole, you took from me
Reiterating the sense of loss or theft and its impact on the speaker's life.
Let's take the time to contemplate what we are faced
Suggesting a need for reflection on the situation at hand.
A fragile life in which design resolves being erased
Life's fragility and plans being destroyed or nullified.
If you win some, lose some
Life involves winning and losing, yet it often leads to the same outcome.
You end up in the same old place
Despite victories or losses, life cycles back to a familiar place.
So understand the task at hand is to live and to forgive
Emphasizing the importance of living and forgiving despite the challenges.
Let's start some living
Encouragement to start living life more fully.
Let's stop decaying
Urge to cease deteriorating or declining.
We can't afford to waste away
Highlighting the value of not wasting time or opportunities.
Let's start some living
Reinforcing the idea of initiating a more vibrant life.
Let's stop decaying
Reiterating the need to stop declining or deteriorating.
If I'd have known time could stop on a dime and cause you to cease
Expressing a realization that time can abruptly end things, prompting a desire to slow down.
I'd quit running so fast and I'd try to get a grasp on the things surrounding me
If aware of time's impact, the speaker would have tried to understand their surroundings better.
But what feels right, seems right, ends up the most prominent thing
Emphasizing that what seems right or feels right can be the most significant or noticeable.
Now I'm spending my days in a permanent haze
Reiteration of feeling trapped or lost in a foggy state due to loss or theft.
Because what you stole, you took from me
Repeating the impact of the loss or theft on the speaker's life.
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