-------------------------------------------------- © 2025 VULPES STOICA | All Rights Reserved. Lyrics, Creative Direction, and Editing by Vulpes Stoica. Musical elements generated via Suno. -------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1] I wake up early when the sun is low To prepare my mind for the way I’ll go I tell myself the people I meet today Might be angry or lost or stand in my way But I won’t let their darkness dim my light I keep my ruling faculty burning bright The world spins round with a heavy toll So I focus only on what I can control [Chorus] Amor Fati, I love the design Whatever happens, I make it mine I don’t ask for the world to bend to my will I ask for the strength to stand calm and still Through the fire and the rain and the shifting sand I play the cards that are in my hand [Verse 2] They offer me silver, they offer me gold Stories of glory that never get old But wealth is a phantom and fame is a ghost It’s my character that matters the most If I lose my fortune, I haven’t lost me I treat it all like an indifferent sea Preferred or not, it can come and go My virtue is the only good I know [Verse 3] When a storm of anger starts to brew I stop and ask, “Is this impression true?” I raise the shield of my reasoned mind Leaving the judgments and fear behind I zoom out far to a view from above Seeing the whole earth with rational love We’re leaves on a tree, waves in the ocean Bound by the laws of cosmic motion [Chorus] Amor Fati, I love the design Whatever happens, I make it mine I don’t ask for the world to bend to my will I ask for the strength to stand calm and still Through the fire and the rain and the shifting sand I play the cards that are in my hand [Outro] And when the shadow comes to end my stay I’ll smile at death and walk away Memento Mori, I remember the end So I treat this moment as my oldest friend The play is over, the actor is free I lived by nature, and nature is me
