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The fly of May
It lives one day
When that day is done
MayFly does not complain
It flies into the setting sun
It goes back to the place from which it came
The fly of May
Ask how, ask why
One day MayFly
That's all you get
You give no thought to it
Me, my life is long
With reasons few like you
When I go and when I'm gone
I will understand these things I never knew
The fly of May
One day, one day
One day, it's long enough
If you really think about it
The fly of May
It lives one day
The fly
One day
Of May
One day
The fly
One day
Of May
One day
It lives
One day
One day
One day
The fly of May
It lives one day
When that day is done
MayFly does not complain
It flies into the setting sun
It goes back to the place from which it came
The fly of May
Ask how, ask why
One day MayFly
That's all you get
You give no thought to it
Me, my life is long
With reasons few like you
When I go and when I'm gone
I will understand these things I never knew
The fly of May
One day, one day
One day, it's long enough
If you really think about it
The fly of May
It lives one day
The fly
One day
Of May
One day
The fly
One day
Of May
One day
It lives
One day
One day
One day
The fly of May
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I love this song because I think the lyrics are really meaningful. I think that Melora is telling us that the Mayfly does so much in one day and appreciates the one day it gets, with no question. On the other hand, us humans get years upon years to live our lives, and we try to extend our time we have on earth. We get so much time on Earth to do something meaningful but some of us just kind of... sit there our entire lives. We try to prolong our existence by doing the stupidest of things, and the Mayfly just accepts the fact that when it's life is done, it's life is done, with no objections or complaints.