Losing and Gaining -Song

 Losing and Gaining 

Life is a ledger of losing and gaining,
a tide that gives and takes.
We lose some to gain some,
we break some to make some,
and call the trade a gain.

Yes, bro, we keep losing to gain some—
we trade the real for a shining ghost.

We lose peace to wear prosperity’s crown,
happiness to climb promotion’s stair.
We lose the hours that were only ours
to feed the business, to build the career.
We let relationships fade like smoke,
while ambition tightens its yoke.

Yes, bro, we keep losing to gain some—
we trade the real for a shining ghost.

We lose health to heap up wealth,
patience to hurry, to deliver, to race.
We lose attention to the flicker of reels,
dopamine dancing across the face.
We lose critical thought to the forward’s noise,
and call the echo of knowledge a voice.

Yes, bro, we keep losing to gain some—
we trade the real for a shining ghost.

We lose creativity to the machine’s mind,
privacy to popularity’s crowd.
We lose the quiet, the unseen, the mine,
for a louder name and a brighter cloud.

Yes, bro, we keep losing to gain some—
we trade the real for a shining ghost.

But what we gain is not real gain;
what we lose is real.
Weigh your winnings in your hand,
and you will understand:
what you lost is just a loss—
you have lost yourself,
and the people around you.

Life is all about losing and gaining—
oh, brother, learn what not to lose.

M.L. Narendra Kumar