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THERE IS A BLACKHOLE CALLED LIFE,
THIS INTAGIBLE CONSTRUCT THAT WE ALL SEEM TO FIND OUR WAY INTO,
NEVER BY CHOICE OF COURSE,
BUT WE ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN IT,
NO MATTER ITS CONDITION,
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS TO IT THOUGH,
MANY FEEL LIFE IS JUST A PHASE,
JUST A CROSSING THAT ALL MEN MUST CONQUER IN ORDER TO REACH ‘THE TRUTH’,
AN ETERNITY IN WHICH ALL OUR DEEDS IN LIFE ARE EITHER CELEBRATED,
OR CONDEMNED,
BUT THAT’S NOT HOW I SEE IT,
YOU SEE LIFE IS A TUNNEL,
A DARK TUNNEL THAT WE ARE ALL FORCEFULLY PUSHED INTO AS A RESULT OF THE PLEASURES OF OTHERS BEFORE US,
A TUNNEL IN WHICH ALL MEN MUST WALK THROUGH WITH NO VIEW OF WHAT LIES AHEAD,
A SEEMLESSLY ENDLESS ROAD THAT ENDS FOR ALL IN THE SAME WAY,
A DEATH,
‘THE CROSSING’,
THE INEVITIBILITY OF IT IS ALMOST COMEDIC IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
WE ARE ALL PUT INTO EXISTENCE,
NO MATTER OUR GENDER,
OUR RACE,
FOR THE SINGULAR PURPOSE OF BEING PUT OUT OF EXISTENCE,
SO WHY EXACTLY DO WE BOTHER?
WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A THING THAT WAS INFLICTED UPON US AGAINST OUR WILL?
WHY ARE WE FORCED TO PLAY THIS ‘ARCADE GAME’ IN WHICH THE TOKENS WERE PUT IN BY ANOTHER?
THE TRUTH IS,
IN THE END IT NEVER REALLY MATTERS,
WE TRY TO SOOTHE OURSELVES WITH RELIGIOUS IDEALS AND TALES OF AFTERLIVES,
BUT THE TRUTH IS THERE IS ONE LIFE,
ONE BEGINNING,
ONE END,
ONE INEVITABILITY,
A BLACKHOLE.
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- Alternative Rock