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When you look at the world
What is it that you see
People find all kinds of things
That bring them to their knees
I see an expression
So clear and so true
That it changes the atmosphere
When you walk into the room
So I try to be like you
Try to feel it like you do
But without you it's no use
I can't see what you see
When I look at the world
When the night is someone else's
And you're trying to get some sleep
When your thoughts are too expensive
To ever want to keep
When there's all kinds of chaos
And everyone is walking lame
You don't even blink now do you
Or even look away
So I try to be like you
Try to feel it like you do
But without you it's no use
I can't see what you see
When I look at the world
I can't wait any longer
I can't wait 'til I'm stronger
Can't wait any longer
To see what you see
When I look at the world
I'm in the waiting room
I can't see for the smoke
I think of you and your holy book
When the rest of us choke
Tell me, tell me
What do you see
Tell me, tell me
What's wrong with me
What is it that you see
People find all kinds of things
That bring them to their knees
I see an expression
So clear and so true
That it changes the atmosphere
When you walk into the room
So I try to be like you
Try to feel it like you do
But without you it's no use
I can't see what you see
When I look at the world
When the night is someone else's
And you're trying to get some sleep
When your thoughts are too expensive
To ever want to keep
When there's all kinds of chaos
And everyone is walking lame
You don't even blink now do you
Or even look away
So I try to be like you
Try to feel it like you do
But without you it's no use
I can't see what you see
When I look at the world
I can't wait any longer
I can't wait 'til I'm stronger
Can't wait any longer
To see what you see
When I look at the world
I'm in the waiting room
I can't see for the smoke
I think of you and your holy book
When the rest of us choke
Tell me, tell me
What do you see
Tell me, tell me
What's wrong with me
Lyrics submitted by yuri_sucupira
When I Look at the World Lyrics as written by Dave Evans Adam Clayton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song cnfuses me. Though I love it so, the last verse doesn't really fit in with the rest of the song. "I think of you and your holy book..." So this song was about God or Jesus?! WHY?! It doesn't sound like it in the beginning- and "So I try to be like you" suddenly sounds like the most pretensious statment ever, in a raw song of real emotion. The person the singer is trying to be lie is someone who's seen the whole world and is hardened to it, no longer pained by the awful sights of the suffering going on around him or her. The singer tries to shut it out like this person, but can't help noticing and wanting to do something about it. Very sad, IMO. The music cnveys a sense of helplessness, especially in these lines- "I can't wait any longer. I can't ait till I'm strnger."
Then there are these lines. I'm sure most people have felt like this at least once in their lives-
"When the night is someone ese's, and you're trying to get some sleep... when your thoughts are too expensive to ever want to keep..."
eminds me of waking up in a hot summer night, bursting full of ideas but unable to get out of bed to write them down. Or the genera feeling of trying to shut your brain off before going to sleep- all those thoughts tumbling through.