Spirit
Eternal Resilience: Embracing the Unyielding Spirit in Van Morrison's 'Spirit'
Lyrics
When you've given up hope & you're down in despair
Expressing a state of hopelessness and despair, emphasizing a recurring feeling of giving up.
When you've given up hope & you're down in despair
-When you've given up hope & you're down in despair
-When you've given up
Reinforcing the idea of surrender and hopelessness.
And you sit in your room and you're all alone
Describing isolation and loneliness, being alone in a room.
And you turn to the one and you turn inside
Suggesting a turn inward, seeking solace within oneself for a period.
For a while
-Say, help me, angel.
An appeal for assistance, possibly addressing a spiritual entity or guide.
Oh, no, never let spirit die.
Affirmation to preserve and nurture the spirit, resisting its demise.
Oh, no, spirit don't ever die.
Reiterating the enduring nature of the spirit, urging it not to fade away.
Oh, no, never let spirit die
Emphasizing the importance of keeping hope and spirit alive.
Oh, no, spirit don't ever die.
Repeating the message of the persistence of the spirit, reinforcing its vitality.
Spirit don't ever die.
Stressing the eternal nature of the spirit, suggesting it should never perish.
And you go inside for a while
Encouraging introspection and turning to inner strength for a sustained period.
And you turn to the one
-And you turn inside for a while.
-You turn it around
Describing a cyclical process of facing challenges, following a path, and returning home, symbolizing life's journey.
And you follow the road
-And you get you back out
-And you follow the road
-Then you get you back home
-And you follow the road
-And you get you back out
-And you follow the road
-And you get you back home.
Repeating the cyclical nature of life's journey, underlining the return home.
Oh, no, never let spirit die
Reaffirming the theme of preserving the spirit, ensuring it never fades away.
Oh, no, spirit don't ever die.
-Oh. no, never let spirit die
-Oh, no, spirit don't ever die...
-Spirit, don't ever die
Repeating the assertion that the spirit should endure and persist.
And you keep walkin' on
Encouraging resilience and perseverance, walking on with the spirit in one's soul, and turning challenges around.
And you keep walkin' on
-Spirit in your soul
-You keep walkin' on
-And you keep walkin' on
-And you turn it around
-And you turn it around...
-Oh, no, spirit don't ever die.
Final affirmation that the spirit should never die, concluding the message of resilience.
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