The chorus is a quote by writer and speaker Alan Watts. Its a quote I tell myself in hard times. I had the idea for this song on Suicide Awareness Day this year when I remembered the quote and shared on my Instagram.
lyrics
The meaning of life is just to be alive
So plain and so obvious, so simple
And yet everybody rushes around in a great panic
As if it were necessary
To achieve something beyond themselves
You gotta float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Life’s a boxing match that you don’t pay to see
I'm not Muhammed Ali or Tyson Fury
But i roll with the punches, jab jab right hook
And i leave life shook. cos i'm strong as f^%k.
Human, things can go wrong any second
Only seems to matters just how you react
In the face of adversity we just laugh
And we shall conquer the divine comedy
I remain stoic in a traffic queue
I stay chilling when you fail to come thru
Not into old sh*t, start something anew
Always tomorrow, new day comes thru yeah
The meaning of life is just to be alive
So plain and so obvious, so simple
And yet everybody rushes around in a great panic
As if it were necessary
To achieve something beyond themselves
We can fly too close to the sun like icarus
Or can stoop so low it's ridiculous
Either way, we just get by
We have some fun to keep a gleam in our eyes
You wake up in the morning and you ask yourself
Is life worth living? should you blast yourself?
But you’re not 2pac, you don't live by the gun
You’re your father’s daughter, you’re your mother’s son
Realise you’re just you, its great and thats unique
The way you see, the way you feel - that's peak
So you let the waters flow, let the lights glow
Put it on for fam, but don't do it for show
Keep running, horizon’s close so don’t quit,
Don’t let the bastards grind you down, the flames lit
Don't fret, you got this, you’re enough, you’re fit
Wanna know the meaning? i got you , this is it
The meaning of life is just to be alive
So plain and so obvious, so simple
And yet everybody rushes around in a great panic
As if it were necessary
To achieve something beyond themselves
The meaning
The meaning
The meaning of life
The meaning
The meaning
The meaning of life
The meaning
The meaning
The meaning of life
The meaning
The meaning
The meaning of life
The meaning of life is just to be alive
So plain and so obvious, so simple
And yet everybody rushes around in a great panic
As if it were necessary
To achieve something beyond themselves
credits
released December 13, 2020
Music by Star Slinger
Chorus lyrics are a quote from Alan Watts
Verse lyrics are lyrics by Star Slinger
Art by Bryson Thurston www.instagram.com/brysonsbrains/
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