The Path
Contemplating Life's Meaning: Tranatopsy's "The PathLyrics
Life is what we think we have, a fleeting sigh and a dusk
Life is perceived as a fleeting and transient existence, akin to a sigh and dusk.
Just like the leaves at fall, someday I'll sink
Similar to leaves falling in autumn, the speaker anticipates sinking or facing inevitable decline.
Now I see the dew of dawn, after a while I'll watch the sun give in
The speaker observes the dawn's dew and foresees the eventual surrender of the sun.
Much time has passed and I'm still empty, I'm like a moulted skin
Despite the passage of time, the speaker feels empty, akin to discarded skin after molting.
Ooh, Ooh Ooh Ooh, Ooh
These lines are repetitions of vocalizations (Oohs) that convey emotional intensity or expression.
Ooh, Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh, Ooh
-Ooh, Ooh Ooh Ooh, Ooh
-Ooh, Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh, Ooh
-Live just like everyone else and no one will remember you
Living an ordinary life may lead to being forgotten, as an individual is just one among seven billion.
Just one more of seven billion, with no distinction at all
People are mass-produced, lacking distinction and significant contributions to human life.
Mass-produced, bred to die
Individuals are bred to die, suggesting a lack of unique purpose or impact.
With no significative contribution to human life
No meaningful contribution is made to human life by those mentioned.
From sperm to dust
Life is portrayed from the beginning (sperm) to the end (dust), emphasizing the brevity of existence.
With nothing in-between
There is nothing significant between birth and death.
What if there isn't anything
Contemplation on the possibility of nothingness after the challenging experience of life.
After this hell called life?
Ruminating on whether life's hardships lead to an existence beyond death.
Simple plain life with a simple plain death
Life and death are depicted as plain and simple, lacking distinction.
If you hadn't been born, life would still be the same
Speculating that life would remain unchanged if the individual had never been born.
Right before you die (You'll see your whole life)
Before death, one reflects on their entire life, anticipating a sense of disgrace.
And what you'll see will be the same disgrace
Anticipating a negative outcome or realization during the final moments of life.
Something is trying to stand
Something mysterious obstructs the speaker's path, beckoning them to another realm.
In my way
-It is summoning me
-To take me somewhere else
-Something is trying to stand
-In my way
-It is summoning me
-To take me somewhere else
-A life that came will I just stood still
Reflection on a fleeting life, expressing a desire for eternal rest and questioning the finality of existence.
It left as fast as it (Arrived)
-I will enter my eternal rest at last
-I wish that this is the end (For real)
-A life that came will I just stood still
-It left as fast as it (Arrived)
-I will enter my eternal rest at last
-I would wish that this is the end (For real)
-From now on, my body falls into an infinite spiral
The speaker faces uncertainty and struggles along a challenging path, acknowledging an unknown future.
My eyes see no future and I wait... for eternal darkness
-Although light's been turned off I see myself leaving
-So I realise my mind is intact and my hope is not
-Dead!
-I try to run, but it feels like something is pulling me back
-The path ain't clear, I can barely see a silver lining
-The more I pass, the more uncertainty becomes my hope
-But I know that this is not the end
-The path that death doesn't follow
Reference to a path untouched by death, hinting at a mysterious and unexplored afterlife.
Whining for mercy as it claims me back
-The path of death
-The path of death
-The path of death
-The path that death doesn't follow
-Mysterious plane the undead hide
Describing a mysterious plane where the undead hide.
It's not the end
Expressing resilience and the belief in living again after death.
I'll live again
-I'll reawake
-Go!
A command to move forward or persevere despite challenges.
Simple plain life with a simple plain death
Repetition of earlier themes, emphasizing the cyclical nature of life, death, and the search for meaning.
If you hadn't been born, life would still be the same
-Right before you die (You'll see your whole life)
-And what you'll see will be the same disgrace
-Something is trying to stand
-In my way
-It is summoning me
-To take me somewhere else
-Something is trying to stand
-In my way
-It is summoning me
-To take me somewhere else
-A life that came will I just stood still
-It left as fast as it (Arrived)
-I will enter my eternal rest at last
-I would wish that this is the end (For real)
-A life that came will I just stood still
-It left as fast as it (Arrived)
-I will enter my eternal rest at last
-I really would wish that this was
-The end
-For real (For real)
-Ah!
An exclamation suggesting a wish for a genuine and conclusive end.
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