Elias

Of course I hear this song in the context of being in the process of reading Siddhartha and of my experience during the walk I just took.

We listened to it twice 'Cause the DJ was asleep

This is what Siddharta does with his entire life – he lives through the same lows and highs and swamps as many people around him do as well.

The great Way is easy,

yet people prefer the side paths.

Tao Te Ching chapter 53.

You're young until you're not And you love until you don't And you try until you can't You laugh until you cry And you cry until you laugh And everyone must breathe Until their dying breath No, this is how it works You peer inside yourself You take the things you love And try to love the things you took Then you take the love you made And you stick it into Someone else's heart Pumping someone else's heart Pumping someone else's blood And walking arm in arm You hope that don't get harmed But even if it does You'll just do it all again

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I also like this version of the song:

And the next song also transitions pretty smoothly: