Deserve
I’ve been working on some songs. Songs about a lot of topics. One of them is called ‘Probably’. It’s about people thinking that if they “check certain boxes” then they are automatically entitled to the results they desire. The reality is that you can complete each task 100% correctly and still have a situation not work out the way you want.
There is no such thing as ‘deserves’. There is a wonderful line in Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece western “Unforgiven”, uttered after the death of one of the “bad guys”. When the young man who had killed the outlaw says, “He got what he deserved.” Clint replies, “Deserves got nothin’ to do with it.” This is true in life, period.
We live in a quantum, probabilistic realm. Things are in superposition until the probability wave collapses into reality. There are always too many variables for a human to completely take into consideration. You an never guarantee an outcome. You can only increase the probability of it occurring. There, simply stated, are no guarantees.
Here’s the same idea, in lyric form:
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Probably
You work and work
Gotta hold your nerve
Someday You'll get what you deserve
But you don't (You just don't)
Do the right things
See it all through
Then your dreams will all come true
Or they won't (what if the don't)
(Chorus)
‘Deserves’ got nothing to do with it
Universe is filled with random shit
Is the cat dead or is he alive
Hop in the box , see if you can survive
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The Waves are collapsing on your shore
But they didn't bring what you were looking for
Not fair! (Oh, Contraire!)
You thought You'd thought of everything
You knew what the quants were gonna bring
Guess not (what's the plot)
(Chorus)
Deserves got nothing to do with it
Universe is filled with random shit
Is the cat dead or is he alive
Hop in the box , see if you can survive
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(Bridge)
Maybe one day it will occur to you....
All you can do is your best
The universe will do the rest
Some you'll win and some you'll lose
The victories aren't yours to choose
As you're crying on your knees
Remember, Mama said, there are no guarantees
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You plan and plot and strategize
But there are variables you don't realize
What to do? (Maybe you're screwed)
Go get a lawyer and prepare to sue
'Cause you didn't get what was coming to you
Oh well (Ain't life swell)
(Chorus)
Deserves got nothing to do with it
Universe is filled with random shit
Is the cat dead or is he alive
Hop in the box, see if you can survive
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(Outro)
See if you can survive~~~~~~~
See if you can survive~~~~~~~
See if you can survive~~~~~~~
See if you can survive~~~~~~~