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is this just another day, this god forgotten place
first comes love and then comes pain, let the games begin
questions rise and answers fall, insurmountable
love boat captain, take the reigns and steer us towards the clear, here
it's already been sung, but it can't be said enough
all you need is love
is this just another phase? of earthquakes making waves
trying to shake the cancer off? oh, stupid human beings
once you hold the hand of love, it's all surmountable
hold me and make it the truth
that when all is lost there'll be you
cuz to the universe, i don't mean a thing
and there is just one word i still believe
and it's love...
it's an art to live with pain, mix the light into grey
lost nine friends we'll never know, two years ago today
and if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?
and the young they can lose hope
cuz they can't see beyond today...
the wisdom that the old can't give away, hey
constant recoil
sometimes life don't leave you alone
hold me and make it the truth
that when all is lost there will be you
cuz to the universe, i don't mean a thing
and there is just one word and i still believe
and it's love... love, love, love, love
love boat captain, take the reigns, steer us towards the clear
i know it's already been sung, it can't be said enough
love is all you need... all you need is love
love, love...
first comes love and then comes pain, let the games begin
questions rise and answers fall, insurmountable
love boat captain, take the reigns and steer us towards the clear, here
it's already been sung, but it can't be said enough
all you need is love
is this just another phase? of earthquakes making waves
trying to shake the cancer off? oh, stupid human beings
once you hold the hand of love, it's all surmountable
hold me and make it the truth
that when all is lost there'll be you
cuz to the universe, i don't mean a thing
and there is just one word i still believe
and it's love...
it's an art to live with pain, mix the light into grey
lost nine friends we'll never know, two years ago today
and if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?
and the young they can lose hope
cuz they can't see beyond today...
the wisdom that the old can't give away, hey
constant recoil
sometimes life don't leave you alone
hold me and make it the truth
that when all is lost there will be you
cuz to the universe, i don't mean a thing
and there is just one word and i still believe
and it's love... love, love, love, love
love boat captain, take the reigns, steer us towards the clear
i know it's already been sung, it can't be said enough
love is all you need... all you need is love
love, love...
Lyrics submitted by Stephen_Flow
Track duration: 04:36
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I beleive this song is a tribute to love in general and how we need more of it in the world. it also touches on significance in the world and that, to the universe, we (individually) don't mean a thing, but we can mean the world to each other.
the first verse, i think, is about how the band reacted to the accident. 'is this just another day, this god forgotten place' tells of the aftermath of the tragedy, in that they cant bear time itself. 'first comes love and then comes pain' is both about how the band felt and the people who died themselves felt. 'questions rise...' is eddie questioning how it could have been avoided, but we see the answers cant be had, its 'insurmountable'.
it goes on to tell the importance of love, how anything can be overcome if we have that. i think thats beautiful. however, the song is less about love as it is about loss, love just helps us overcome this.
the song has a definite theme of insignificance to it, 'cuz to the universe, i don't mean a thing'. its like, from a humanist perspective, all of this is irrelevant, there is no real meaning or purpose to life, but if we believe in love, the world might be a better place. love will be the salvation of humanity, love can bring us back from the brink of destruction or horror. it can even get us over the pain of loss. ultimately, love is the most important thing in the world, it holds together the fabric of society.
'its an art to live with pain, mix the light in with grey' is such a powerful line, and is just so right. this ties back in with roskilde, the and was reeling, feeling responsible for the tragedy, and they had to live with that pain.
every one of us could learn from this song
I suppose the line on the Roskilde accident could be a sort of "commemoration", but it could also want to say that (as WildFlower wrote) if people would understand what love really means in our lives, things like that wouldn't happen.
to the universe, I don't mean a thing
but there's just one word I still believe, and it's "love"
it's Eddie's realization as a humanist that the only thing that matters is human love...because to the universe we don't mean a thing...but to each other we do matter...