Story Behind The Song
The song reflects frustration with daily life. It is a response to the soul's understanding that technology is not always a good thing. What do we trade for our comforts? Do we trade strength, independence, and the worst sacrifice of all...our time?
The daily grind of work and routine creates an empty void to which the soul feels threatened. This is a feeling that is impossible to explain adequately with words, but it is a longing, an innate understanding of entrapment, and a kind of dying. Likewise, the answer to 'break free' can be blurred; the longer the deprivation continues.
It is one's true self, screaming in the mirror that time keeps rolling. To live in the past, good or bad, is a continuation of the trap of not living. There is another subtle message regarding 'playing it safe' - the expense of sacrificing the potential joy of the soul's journey.
And yet, within one's past may be the wanderlust of one's youth and the need to seriously examine this phenomenon concerning the present. Age yields up the necessary counterpart of temperance to go with the desire to 'live'. The combination of the two can lead to a challenging new life and revitalization of the soul's purpose.
No one waits for 'fate'. You certainly can take that position, but for me and the position of my ancestors, you either run towards your fate, or you don't believe in fate at all and run where your soul leads you. Waiting is a temporary strategy you engage in for a battle, not for your life's journey.
| Song Length |
3:19 |
Genre |
Rock - Hard Rock |
Lyrics
Starving for feeling, sick of the apathy
Seeking inspiration, but I'm blind
You always protect me, I never really fall
Love and trust elude me all the time
You can't count curses, fall in hate
Can't count blessings, don't wait for fate
Sharing the torture, trying to survive
Hiding discontentment in our lives
We're stuck in the quicksand, fighting to survive
Everything they taught us is a lie
You can't count curses, fall in hate
Can't count blessings, don't wait for fate
You can't count curses, fall in hate
Can't count blessings, don't wait for fate
Reaching for feeling, the dragon from within
The flame I lost so many years ago
The fire in my darkness, sweet familiar soul
Tear up the world and let that fire grow
You can't count curses, fall in hate
Can't count blessings, don't wait for fate
You can't count curses, fall in hate
Can't count blessings, don't wait for fate