Freewill

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By Rush.

Nowadays, a lot of songs are on (a) love, (b) lust/sex, or (c) both. Finding a song NOT on such a topic is a real caveat, but today I chanced upon an old favourite. There's even a Wikipedia entry on this song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freewill_(song)


I like this quote from Wikipedia, "The song's lyrics deal with the subject of free will, emphasizing that free will is not a gift but rather a choice; explaining that Man can attempt to evade the fact that he must choose, but that evasion is itself a choice"

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance,

A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.

A planet of playthings,

We dance on the strings

Of powers we cannot perceive

'The stars aren't aligned,

Or the gods are malign...'

Blame is better to give than receive.

 

Chorus:

 

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;

I will choose a path that's clear

I will choose freewill.

 

 

There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand,

The cards were stacked against them; they weren't born in Lotusland.

All preordained

A prisoner in chains

A victim of venomous fate.

Kicked in the face,

You can't pray for a place

In heaven's unearthly estate.

 

 

[Chorus]

 

 

Each of us

A cell of awareness

Imperfect and incomplete.

Genetic blends

With uncertain ends

On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet.

 

 

[Chorus]

 

Note: Lotus-land is mentioned in 'The Odyssey', whereby Odysseus goes to the land of Lotus-eaters. The folks there hang out and eat lotus petals, and are perfectly happy but completely brainless.

Damn I love my literature background. Muahahaha.