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After losing his temper and killing a man, he has been apprehended by the authorities.
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The boy, poor, lived a life of unstructured nihilism:
"Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me"
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"Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth"
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"I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango"
Scaramouch is traditionally in black, we initially think it's the executioner, but he begins his "dance" (Scaramouch/fandango are both Spanish).
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Gallileo, Gallileo"
Our nihilist is calling forth one of the modern touchstones that supposedly signifies the victory of science over religion, Gallileo, whom many modern atheists view as the opposite of the Catholic church.
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The doomed man realizes all too late that his turn from religion to nihilism was mistaken.
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"But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go will you let me go"
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...
Will not let you go let me go (never)
Never let you go let me go
Never let me go ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no"
There is a struggle for his eternal soul.
(bismillah = "in the name of Allah")
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So you think you can love me and leave me to die
...
Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here"
In his acceptance of his hellish fate, he repudiates God, wrongly viewing the purgatory-like struggle as punishment.
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Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me
Anyway the wind blows"
He has returned to his nihilism, recognizing that a rejection of God is a rejection of all and that there is no meaning in life without God.
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