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Song of Unborn Lyrics
It's not what you'll possess
It's how you will express
The essence of you
It's not the wage you earn
It's about the things you learn
And the love that you feel
It's not what you'll conceal
It's all that you'll reveal
That will make you be you
The perfection of you
Now the shadows are long
And the cities are lost to rain
When you wake up every day
To find nothing's changed
But before you can speak
You will learn that it's all the same
And the dreams that you will have
Are public domain
And the country lanes are decked
With the time to come
It's not the years you pass
It's about the moments that last
Forever in you
Now the shadows are long
And the cities are lost to rain
When you wake up every day
To find nothing's changed
But before you can speak
You will learn that it's all the same
And the dreams that you will have
Are public domain
Now the time that has gone
Doesn't matter to anyone
When the country lanes are decked
With the time yet to come
Now the world is exhausted
And the wreckage is all around
But the arc of your life
Will still be profound
Don't be afraid to die
Don't be afraid to be alive
Don't be afraid to die
Don't be afraid to be alive
Don't be afraid
It's how you will express
The essence of you
It's about the things you learn
And the love that you feel
It's all that you'll reveal
That will make you be you
The perfection of you
And the cities are lost to rain
When you wake up every day
To find nothing's changed
But before you can speak
You will learn that it's all the same
And the dreams that you will have
Are public domain
And the country lanes are decked
With the time to come
It's about the moments that last
Forever in you
And the cities are lost to rain
When you wake up every day
To find nothing's changed
But before you can speak
You will learn that it's all the same
And the dreams that you will have
Are public domain
Doesn't matter to anyone
When the country lanes are decked
With the time yet to come
Now the world is exhausted
And the wreckage is all around
But the arc of your life
Will still be profound
Don't be afraid to be alive
Don't be afraid to die
Don't be afraid to be alive
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"Now the shadows are long and the cities are lost to RAIN"
"And the country lanes are DECKED with the time to come"
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"Well the world is exhausted, the wreckage is all around But the arc of your life could still be profound"
What is the public domain and country lanes imply? I'm totally confused.
It's a message, or maybe even an apology, to future generations (those who are unborn). It speculates on what may be lost in the future (cities lost, country lanes) but also worries that the concept of choice and creativity may be breaking down - find nothing's changed, it's all the same, your dreams are public domain. Yet chiefly, the song seems to be telling the children of the future to make the most of their lives, and do better than we did.