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The Meaning of Life (Cover)

Lovelys, here’s my wild take on “The Meaning of Life”: an industrial waltz stitched with epic choir and a stubborn cello heartbeat. I kept the absurd magic and pushed a chorus to the stars. Huge credits to Metalcaver_rav for the original text - thank you for letting me sing your vision. For everyone living with “maybe” in the room: keep breathing. Tonight we turn that tiny hamster into thunder and light. 🖤💜 Tarja Lyrics: The clocks drip like candles no one ever lights. In the room hangs a word nobody wants to read: “Maybe.” Maybe it’s just a sound in the throat of the cosmos. Bing! Bong! A slice of toast declares the state of the stars- everyone applauds, except the snail who swears it’s a bullet train. Paper skies, paper hands - do you feel the tear begin? Turn-turn-worlds on wire, heart of thunder, folded fire. If meaning hides behind the rite, I’ll sing the light inside the night. Maybe falls-yet love remains; we breathe between the ticking chains. Crash! crash! The concrete flower grows through the skull of the sky, and somewhere a filing cabinet cries for revolution. Ohhh… omnia sunt cucurbitacea… The cucumber knows the way, but the oracle at Lidl took the day off. Everything is paper - so write me back to life. Paper. paper. paper. even the heart, even the thunder. Fiiiuuuhhh! Zaaaaapp! Brrraaapp! the room tips over- gravity wears a tutu, dancing backwards through the storeroom of meaning. AND YET! At the core of all absurdity - a tiny hamster, gently turning the axis of the worlds, nibbling peanuts. …bum… bum… bum… maybe… maybe not… Turn-turn-worlds on wire, heart of thunder, folded fire. If meaning hides behind the rite, I’ll sing the light inside the night. Maybe falls - but we remain, two sparks against the ticking chain. turn-turn… I’ll sing the light inside the night.

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