A song from the 1980s that you like or means something to you.

For this prompt, I'm going with "End On End" by Rites of Spring. It's the song that inspired my online username and I picked it because, in my mind, it reflects a pretty Buddhist approach to the repetitive aspect of nature and life, in general. I like to think of the song as the punk version of the Zen Buddhist enso symbol, which is a circle drawn in a single brushstroke and symbolizes the beauty of imperfection and the cycle of life. It's also associated with enlightenment and the idea of no-mind, which is the absence of clinging or being stuck in thought.

In the song, the subject goes from experiencing the weirdness of the cycle (but not knowing what it is), to realizing there is a pattern, to realizing you can't stop or fight the cycle, to not remembering the struggle. I'm probably reading too much into it, but it sounds like a path to a state of enlightenment.

I’ve had days, of end on end Where nothing changed and nothing ever began Restless movement in an empty room Gathering shadows of a darkened blue

And oh, it feels so strange Oh, it feels so strange When it comes again

Cycles of end on end Edges begin to blend Time, following time A pattern becomes defined

The song is pretty long, so the rest of the lyrics can be found here.