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Barren flowers

by Modern Thought

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The eternal struggle Life! Struggle against nature, struggle against society, struggle against all living things A struggle that goes on forever, it has no solution So struggle! For struggle is life flower; The fertile flower of life But when life cowers to nature’s power Or to the force of society From the struggle shunned barren flower bloom One flower is religion, one flower is art So struggle! For struggle is life flower; The fertile flower of life And worthless are the worms scrounging nectar from barren flowers So struggle! For struggle is life flower; The fertile flower of life
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Life 00:46
Struggling to fit in Struggling to get by Struggling to connect Searching for reasons why Life - so much harder than it seems Life - don’t know how to be Struggling to fit in Struggling to get by Trying to figure out How I should live my... ....Life - wish to find the beauty in struggle Life - losing faith, can’t relate to others
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Exploitation 01:02
A wicked problem, no beginning or end No simple solutions, but the masters pretend Like there’s simple progress, simple answers The truth is this life’s a lie But struggle can be rewarding If it doesn’t come from exploitation Struggle can be rewarding If it doesn’t come from exploitation Some flowers can bloom, when preconditions are though. Rising trough concrete, defying barren grounds We must fight, we must struggle The flowers shall bloom in spite ’Cause struggle can be rewarding If it doesn’t come from exploitation Struggle can be rewarding If it doesn’t come from exploitation The flowers shall bloom in spite
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Withering 02:20

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released March 7, 2023

All lyrics based on the poem Barren flowers by Osugi Sakae
Taken from Kindai shisō (Modern Thought), Vol. 1, No. 11, August 1913
Translated by Michael Schauerte

Recorded on May 1-3 in Umeå and May 7-8 2021 in Stockholm.

Thanks to Fru Dörr

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