Destined for Nothing
Bad Religion
The Process of Belief
Who do you believe can put some meaning in your life
meaning in your life
meaning in your life
Who do you conceive to provide you guidance and light
guidance and light
guidance and light
Are they waiting for you in the by and by
Do you even have to try
Headed for eternity and destined for nothing
The future isn't difficult to see
It's easy to confuse grand design with life's repercussions
Lament not your vanquished fantasy
It's only destiny
Why do you consent to live in ignorance and fear
ignorance and fear
ignorance and fear
Ancient people succumbed to it can it happen here
can it happen here
can it happen here
Does it make you suffer cause you have to die
Is it best to live a lie
Headed for eternity and destined for nothing
The future isn't difficult to see
It's easy to confuse grand design with life's repercussions
Lament not your vanquished fantasy
It's only destiny
Why can't you see
there ain't no destiny
for you and me
there ain't no destiny
Why can't you see
there ain't no destiny
for you and me
there ain't no destiny
Headed for eternity and destined for nothing
The future isn't difficult to see
It's easy to confuse grand design with life's repercussions
Lament not your vanquished fantasy
It's only destiny
I went to Warped Tour this weekend at Nassau Coliseum. I really only went to see Flogging Molly and Bad Religion. We got there around 1pm so of course my bands didn't go on until 7pm. We saw a couple of other good bands, and were first in line for the Flogging Molly signing.
Both bands were awesome, as usual, I just wish I could see them for a full concert. Thirty minutes just isn't enough.
Anyways, the above song is one that I once put on a CD for my high school philosophy teacher because the topic of my final paper was destiny.
I don't believe in destiny. How could I feel in control of my life and be responsible for my actions if I believed that everything was predetermined? Back in the day religion and superstition ruled people's lives, and while we live in a much more secular and, dare I say, rational world today some people still rely on beliefs like this.
It really bothers me when people say to me, "Everything happens for a reason." No. Not everything does. Some things just happen. People say this when someone else gets the fellowship you applied for, or you don't get a job you've been after, or the house you've been looking at gets sold before you can make an offer. Does this make some people feel better? Probably.
And of course sometimes it turns out that it was good that you didn't get that job, because a better one came up and you got that one, but this is not the reason you lost the first job. There are plenty of times that you miss one opportunity and then a better one doesn't appear.
I won't go as far as to say that everything is random, but things certainly aren't destined to happen.
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