Lyrics for We Are The People as interpreted by kiwi_

We Are The People Lyrics
We can remember swimming in December,
Heading for the city lights in 1975,
We share in each other,
Nearer than father,
The scent of a lemon drips from your eyes

We are the people that rule the world.
A force running in every boy and girl,
All rejoicing in the world,
Take me now – we can try.

We lived an adventure
Love in the Summer,
Followed the sun till night
Reminiscing other times of life,
For each every other
The feeling was stronger,
The shock hit eleven – Got lost in your eyes

I can’t do well when I think you’re gonna leave me,
But I know I try,
Are you gonna leave me now,
Can’t you be believing now.

Can you remember and humanise,
It was still where we’d energised,
Lie in the sand and visualise
Like its 75 again,

I know everything about you,
You know everything about me,
Know everything about us




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60_miles_an_hour
10-26-2008

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I LOVE THIS SONG. *ahem*

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yamfun
11-08-2008

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Best song on the album.
But is the lyrics correct? It's like it has too many words.

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ty2192
11-18-2008

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love this song.


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kiwi_
12-08-2008

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yes, the lyrics are definately correct.
i copied them right out of the album booklet


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pavlova
12-28-2008

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this song is my favourite off the album, and the album is just plain awesome

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jalloyd
01-01-2009

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does anyone know when this album will be released in the US?? I keep checking iTunes but it's still not out yet

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.skyhigh.
01-04-2009

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this song reminds me of summer days, just chilling out.
in the park; on the train; in the city...
some of the best times :)

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katana08
01-16-2009

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The song is so amazing! To me it's about looking back on the best times of your life with the people/person you loved and never wanting it to end. Simply Amazing.

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miyavissexpuppet
01-29-2009

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I love this band, from the moment I heard "walking on a dream" i was totally blown away.
I agree with every comment said above.

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Loveglove
02-01-2009

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i think as katana08 said its about lookin back on the times enjoyed but than suddenly it hits that this dream might end and paranoia sets in
I can’t do well when I think you’re gonna leave me,
But I know I try,
Are you gonna leave me now,
Can’t you be believing now.

or it could mean that the person was just dumped and he's tryin to get his partner to realise the good times they had together

Can you remember and humanise,
It was still where we’d energised,
Lie in the sand and visualise
Like its 75 again,

I know everything about you,
You know everything about me,
Know everything about us


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Skripi
02-15-2009

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I think this song could be about a couple who's nearing the end of a long relationship. About 2 people who have slowly grown apart, where one person wants them to be back how they were.

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Marki
05-17-2009

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I think he is raminding good times with his partner, he wants to turn back to this times, and this girl, but knows that impossible. Sad.

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wereTHRIVING
05-20-2009

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the good times

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BLAIRMAN
05-21-2009

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Ok... assuming this song has meaning let me chip in my two cents.
One, the singer was born after 1975 people.
Empire of the Sun? The sun worshippers do rule this planet... the light bringers, the babylonians.
Who is that lady at under the Colombia Pictures logo? Who is that lady who is the statue of liberty?
The Bablyonian goddess of war?
In 1975... microcomputers were invented i believe. This allows people to have their own PCs, a step away from mainframes i guess.
I think this song is about how the internet is exposing the real rulers of this planet.. the people who control us through our currency, through the central banks. If you dont think such a group exists, then
why has ever central bank pretty much done the same thing by creating more money during this GFC?
Why do the "axis of evil" nations not have central banks aligned to this group?
"Are you going leave me now, cant you be believing now."
Yes they can know everything about you.. they have the intelligence agencies in their pocket.
Yes some of the people of the world are starting to know everything about them.
But hey thats my view, maybe i am reading too much into it.

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Honorforever
06-03-2009

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It's one of those songs that gets you a bit emotional, you can hear the meaning in it and it tugs at the heart strings.. interesting Blairman, your reasoning of this song. It makes sense. In fact at the moment I am looking at alot of world order conspiracy theories and it kind of wowed me you saw this song as maybe relating to one. Wasn't 1975 also a date that some people believed that a change would happen anyway.. but I won't go into it deep.

I think it is about hoping and dreaming about something which is what I'm going through at the moment and having that one person you love next to you and how you don't want them to leave or stop believing in that dream or ambition you have.. :)




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Garreth
06-04-2009

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This song is very good. I'm not sure of the lyric meanings.

What I do know is the verse is nice enough.

However when the chorus comes in the first time I can’t listen to it with my eyes open. They just close and I'm kinda transported away to an amazing place where my heart is light and body is moving even though I’m still.

I sit in an office and listen to music on my headphones all day! I kinda loose it for a bit sometimes! Lucky I work in a creative industry.


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rhodeder
06-06-2009

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I think this pretty much portrays us as children of the sun. We rejoice in our life's and the memories it has. We rule the world, we humanize to energize. With the gloom outlook that one day we will return to the earth and one day be a part of the sun. The earth is rolling down a space time warp into the sun. If i can say anything about this song it makes me cry out for life and that humans must work toward anti aging research and our survival as a whole instead of cultural games and trying to make our life's peak during the middle of our life's.

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AlexDeLargo
06-07-2009

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When part of PNAU and part of The Sleepy Jackson come together they make this beautiful music baby named Empire of the Sun. Brilliant song!

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domecro
06-12-2009

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one of the best songs of decade.simple beautiful!

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Callika
07-11-2009

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Bitter sweet remembering of something that has not been lost yet...just love the way you get high when you listen to it bubu!!!

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Annalisaxxxx
07-20-2009

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I guess these lyrics seem so abstract, that they could mean whatever you want them to mean and what is relevant to you in your life at that time.
I haven't analysed the lyrics closely yet, but I don't believe this is a love song between a couple, but rather a love song about finding oneself.
I believe that this song has a spiritual significance. and that it is linked to the Mayan Calendar prophecies, (which end in 2012). I believe that "We are the people who rule the world", are the people who have found enlightenment. "A force runnig in every boy and girl", to me is our life force, energy, (there are many different names for this- kundalini, holy spirit etc).
If you look at some of the lyrics- "rejoycing in the world","we can try", "reminiscing other times of life", "I can't do well when i think you're gonna leave me", "I know everything about you, you know everything about me, know everything about us" To me it is about someone who has had a spiritual awakening and is not quite sure of it yet and is scared of losing what he has found.
I think it is about becoming one and a celebration of a new life.
life, death and re-birth.....
x

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eldeniro
08-11-2009

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this song actually redefines cool. it's fucking awesome

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yosareann
08-26-2009

Rated -3 
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Mode000
09-28-2009

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love it!

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YYYY
10-16-2009

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How have I not heard of this band?! Are they pretty new? I heard this song on a vizio commercial and I just had to find out who sung it. I WANT TO BUY THEIR ALBUM!!!

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