I was listening to a song by Scissor Sisters in the car. This is a song I've heard many times on my iPod, but this was the first time those three words stuck to me, and my mind began to ruminate on its meaning. Born to die.
Just google the phrase and the first thing you'll find is a song by Lana Del Rey. Take away her name and you see hundreds of lyrics with probably thousands of other works having used these exact words. Born to die.
A sad phrase. Fatalistic. Nihilistic.
Life is meaningless
Breathing in, breathing out
Life is fragile
Dying is easy
But no
We were born to do so much more
Born to live
Born to suffer
Born to love
Born to experience a world spectacular
Born to be woven into the narrative of human history
Born into the mystery
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