Reservation
Navigating Life's Reservation: A Poignant Reflection on Struggles and Hope
Lyrics
Everybody’s waiting for the shoe to drop
Anticipation and anxiety about an impending negative event.
Change is coming if we’re ready or not
Change is inevitable, whether one is prepared for it or not.
Vultures always waiting when disaster strikes
Reference to opportunistic individuals waiting for misfortune to exploit.
Got to keep moving till we see daylight
The need to keep moving forward despite challenges until a positive outcome is reached.
Oh it’s a reservation
The situation is likened to a reservation, suggesting confinement or limitation.
Living with suspicion makes a mind uptight
Living with suspicion creates mental tension.
Starts to get confused between wrong and right
Confusion between moral right and wrong due to suspicion.
Wonder what it is you’ve got to fight against
Questioning the reasons for conflict and what one is fighting against.
Why there’s always two sides and a fence
Exploration of the duality and division inherent in conflicts.
Oh it’s a reservation
Reiteration of the situation being akin to a reservation, emphasizing restriction.
Land bled dry
Describing land depleted of resources or vitality.
I wish I
An expression of desire or regret.
Had a place
Yearning for a place for the benefit of humanity.
For all mankind
Expanding the desire for a shared space for all people.
The birds
Reference to various elements of nature.
The fish
Symbolic representation of living beings affected by the situation.
The lost kids
Mention of lost or displaced children.
Those that wish
Expressing the desire to avoid the current situation.
They’d avoided this
Regret for not avoiding the difficulties.
Life must live it’s our only job
Life is a responsibility that must be embraced, presented as a job.
It’s our only gift
Life is a precious gift that is being taken away or diminished.
And it’s being robbed
Suggesting that something valuable is being stolen or lost.
Oh it’s a reservation
Reiteration of the situation resembling a reservation, emphasizing the negative aspects.
Flood and fire and war and games
Listing various destructive forces and activities.
Make people so quick to give it all away
People are easily inclined to give up under the influence of destructive forces.
Cripple the people with hate and waste
Exploring the idea that hatred and wastefulness cripple individuals.
That’s the best way to make a willing slave
Suggesting that creating division and fostering hate is a method to control willingly.
Oh it’s a reservation
Final reiteration of the situation as a reservation with negative connotations.
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