"Rewrite the Future" genre: Symphonic Electronica
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	One mustn't accept fate's curse.
	MP3.com CD: Techno 2002 - buy it! CD: Techno 2002   Label: Technosia Credits: Composed, Arranged, and Produced by RX Loukota. Lyrics and Vocals by RX Loukota. Violin by Noel Fenton.
	Story Behind the Song This is my life philosophy in a nutshell. While I admit God's authority and ultimate control, I don't write off the existence of free will and responsibility for one's own destiny. My high school band director and I once had a lunchtime discussion over religious theory. The topic was whether or not humans have free will, and are they fated to be and do certain things? He mentioned an old "Wildwood" cartoon, in which this issue is addressed. In the comic, canoeing down a stream is given as a metaphor for life: You can go wherever you want between the banks, but when the current (God) wants you moving onto something else, you're moving on. I'm a lot more laid-back than I used to be regarding issues of fate versus free will. I still don't believe I'm merely a pawn unknowingly acting out a part in some cosmic script. But by the same token, I do believe that God guides us to where we need to be via intangible mechanisms (thoughts, ideas, emotions, etc.). I wrote the lyrics to this song for a project in my Social Inequality class. They work on both levels: the spiritual and the sociopolitical. Lyrics See it I know you don't believe it But yet you must perceive it If only to bereave it Do not let them deceive you Or life will surely beat you One must accept fate's curse Or else rewrite the future (Here we go) Fear it Yeah, I know you don't wanna hear it But try to cope/endear it When setbacks interfere it Know you have the will Within you To change the things around you Deny that which restrains you And do not entertain the thought of failure (Ha!) Know it Learn, love, live, then control it And before long you will own it Right down to the components So be real, reveal, then Feel it There is no need to steal it Or otherwise conceal it From the world, you got your place now come on Bring it, sing it See it By now you should believe it Or otherwise perceive it There's no need to bereave it And you won't let them Deceive you For life will never beat you They don't accept fate's curse Those who rewrite the future

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