The Nihilist (Remastered)

The Nihilist

Remastered

            By J.C. Solis

Have We ever even had a future?

As our sinful lives have closed these doors

These pretty and significant moments

Are now no longer with us anymore

We never cared for what the future brings

We never agreed to our own reasons

We never clung to our fast-fading hopes

We never had this Hope to believe in

We never surmised the things that we’ve done

Would ever have consequences so dire

As our world rots and our hearts turn to stone

And the whole planet starts to catch on fire

We kill and we murder, always the same

For we only have ourselves for this blame

We pursue this dogma with great bloodlust

We cut and we stab and we hurt and maim

For all these things We have done to ourselves

Were born from the fires of our baleful hate

We deserve the results that We have now

Since We enjoyed the pain that we’d create

For this is human nature at its bleak

This Nihilism that is all around

We no longer believe in the meaning

Of our past joys and happiness abound

The meaning of this Insanity here

Shows a heartlessness that we cannot bear

For We, Humans, never understood why

We simply never developed a care

And as a Nihilist, I’ve come to see

How our mournful plight has come to be

For though we’re not bound and we are set free

Our own selfishness brought us to our knees

And as I walk this scorched earth forgotten

And remember all that used to be there

Will one now see all that was and was done

The stillness of this death that’s in the air

The worth of this land has gone up in flames

And the value of all that was is gone

No more life and no more joy is around

For this is how humanity went wrong

And that idea is a paradox

That this whole world ever had a meaning

For that alone is our biggest lie told

From which we all still continue weaning

For there is no reason that this world gave

To ever give meaning to Life at all

Which means there’s nothing that can hold us back

And there’s nothing that can prevent our fall

And yet still, despite the Great Good and Bad

This World’s Life carries on with no worry

There is no fear of this lack of meaning

And to find the answer, there’s no hurry

For though the Meaning of All is absent

The world moves on with great fire and might

For the greater worries that we now know

Are on how to greet Tomorrow’s new light

Because though there is no Meaning around

The clock tics and tocks the coming new day

The future is calling us to move on

As all Life moves on in so many ways

For the Meaning never truly mattered

For us to live the lives that We now live

For the joy and happiness we now share

Have plenty of goodwill for us to give

But beware, for though there are still good men

The wicked still wish to abuse and kill

To do whatever they want to this world

And bring us a sad fate with their cruel wills

For though there are still righteous men abound

The Meaning of Life is still not yet known

For those who wish to abuse and control

Will use this for their wickedness as shown

For the Meaning is not out there to see

And so, some say that life has no value

There is nothing for mankind to grab hold

And there’s nothing out there that can save you

For without the Meaning of our short lives

The Greatest Evils can be made and shown

All kinds of wickedness are justified

And this cruelty’s results fall on our own

This is the worst of all Humanity

The worst of our hearts that cackles with glee

That commits with joy such atrocities

And summons our evils for eternity

This is the world that so many still fear

Because the Meaning of Life is not here

A dark world that we all want to stay clear

A world that, through history, We came near

Yet, though in my mind I’m a nihilist

For humanity, towards God, I pray

Knowing what we still are capable of

So we’re still alive the following day

For though I am a Nihilist in mind

I still pray that we will grow to be kind

Through pride and greed, we have now become blind

As we purge all Light and Good that we find

For though I am a Nihilist in heart

I still care for those who fell to their knees

And I fear for the pain that we all can cause

When our worst has been finally set free

And when the worst within our bloodied hearts

Is unbound and loosened from its black chains

Will the whole of the world and all we know

Shall forever remain in woe and pain…

…I’m a Nihilist, the world doesn’t care

As I think dark things that no one would dare

For I see our arrogance in the air

I see the future that We should beware

For the universe offers no answer

To the Meaning of Life that is not here

And if we’re not careful with this notion

We may just lose all that we still hold dear

This is the world without meaning in sum

A world with a mind that is dark and numb

Nihilists see this great vision so glum

We see our pride and our ignorance dumb

And if you’re not careful without meaning

Then your death is not truly far behind

So listen to this Nihilist’s warning

Remember to always be warm and kind

Remember the Meaning of Nothing here

Learn to live life without nothing to live

Learn that nothing is more important

Than the Joy and the Hope that We can give

The Universe is cruel, and Man crueler

But I hope what I taught will let you see

Nothing yet Everything still has its worth

Move on with Life, no matter what will be…