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Zooropa...vorsprung durch technik (a step ahead through technology)
Zooropa...be all that you can be
Be a winner
Eat to get slimmer
Zooropa...a bluer kind of white
Zooropa...it could be yours tonight
We're mild and green
And squeaky clean
Zooropa...better by design
Zooropa...fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science
We've got that ring of confidence
And I have no compass
And I have no map
And I have no reasons
No reasons to get back
And I have no religion
And I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit
The limit of what we've got
Don't worry baby, it'll be alright
You got the right shoes
To get you through the night
It's cold outside, but brightly lit
Skip the subway
Let's go to the overground
Get your head out of the mud baby
Put flowers in the mud baby
Overground
No particular place names
No particular song
I've been hiding
What am I hiding from
Don't worry baby, it's gonna be alright
Uncertainty can be a guiding light
I hear voices, ridiculous voices
Out in the slipstream
Let's go, let's go overground
Take your head out of the mud baby
She's gonna dream up
The world she wants to live in
She's gonna dream out loud
She's gonna dream out loud
Dream out loud
(what do you want?)
Zooropa...vorsprung durch technik (a step ahead through technology)
Zooropa...be all that you can be
Be a winner
Eat to get slimmer
Zooropa...a bluer kind of white
Zooropa...it could be yours tonight
We're mild and green
And squeaky clean
Zooropa...better by design
Zooropa...fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science
We've got that ring of confidence
And I have no compass
And I have no map
And I have no reasons
No reasons to get back
And I have no religion
And I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit
The limit of what we've got
Don't worry baby, it'll be alright
You got the right shoes
To get you through the night
It's cold outside, but brightly lit
Skip the subway
Let's go to the overground
Get your head out of the mud baby
Put flowers in the mud baby
Overground
No particular place names
No particular song
I've been hiding
What am I hiding from
Don't worry baby, it's gonna be alright
Uncertainty can be a guiding light
I hear voices, ridiculous voices
Out in the slipstream
Let's go, let's go overground
Take your head out of the mud baby
She's gonna dream up
The world she wants to live in
She's gonna dream out loud
She's gonna dream out loud
Dream out loud
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Zooropa was written in aftermath of the fallen wall 1989, the iron curtain was no longer. We had no compass, no sense of direction. This song tries to describe that uncertainty,both personally and interpersonally. But there can be a strength in the uncertainty, a guiding light, a faith that carry you a long when you´re not able to.
The song has a great spirit and an inner strength. I get a positive vibe when listen to Zoooropa. We can go overground and dream out loud. That´s sound pretty optimistic to me. It´s our world and we have the opportunity to make it work. Zooropa is a beautiful dream,
The second part of the song hits on the punch lines from adverts that have become so interwoven into to life so much so that a song could be constructed with them ..(as demonstrated very cleverly here!!)
I think this song third part is about uncertainty in the direction the band itself is going, no compass no map no reasons to go back to the old ways of making music... no idea of where it will go or if it will go anywhere (limits to what we got?) this follows with reassurances that its going to be ok, with a new direction no longer in the underground but well above it in the mainstream.. He points out that songs don't always have to be about something deep (no particular places) and says that they have been keeping away from that angle up to now, and wonders why. Uncertainty is what will make it great, the critics(the voices) are ridiculous.. dream out loud is what the band should do.
We've got that ring of confidence" I think it refers to humans' arrogance, thinking that, through technology alone, we can overcome human frailties. For example, some people kid themselves by thinking, "as long as I have my prozac and cellphone and GPS, I can handle this life of working in a fast-paced, high-stress environment and still be a great parent and have a great family." Sooner or later people not taking care of themselves catches up with them and they have to humbly respect that we all have limitations and need each other.
My second favorite phrase is "I've been hiding
What am I hiding from?" For me it means that I have had conflict throughout my life because the person the TV and culture tell me to be is not who I want to be. Finally, he realizes he is the master of his own life and has only been fearing fear itself.
We've got that ring of confidence" I think it refers to humans' arrogance, thinking that, through technology alone, we can overcome human frailties. For example, some people kid themselves by thinking, "as long as I have my prozac and cellphone and GPS, I can handle this life of working in a fast-paced, high-stress environment and still be a great parent and have a great family." Sooner or later people not taking care of themselves catches up with them and they have to humbly respect that we all have limitations and need each other.
My second favorite phrase is "I've been hiding
What am I hiding from?" For me it means that I have had conflict throughout my life because the person the TV and culture tell me to be is not who I want to be. Finally, he realizes he is the master of his own life and has only been fearing fear itself.
The second part, this person is lost and has no guidance. ("And I have no compass, And I have no map) He is confused and has no idea what to do with himself.
He tells someone else what all the commercialism is doing and they are possibly ignoring what is going on. ("Get your head out of the mud baby")
He goes along with the current trends ("I'm in the slipstream") and go overground with everyone else.
Dream out loud! -- ignore the media messages and live your own dream, don't get caught up in the rat race.
The song start with all the slogans, some common some foriegn, meaning none of are immune.
And I have no compass
And I have no map
And I have no reasons
No reasons to get back
And I have no religion
And I don't know what's what
And I don't know the limit
The limit of what we've got
(all of this is just stating that he has reduced the limitations to his choices)
The last part is saying don't follow the crowd, don't worry whatever choice you make is your choice... try no to be influenced by the vast majority.
Get your head out of the mud
This song is like an anthem for me
I would disagree that the end is optimistic though. Can uncertainty really be a guiding light, or is that promise as false as your washing powder delivering "a bluer kind of white"?
Can we really just "dream up the world we want to live in"? Or should there be something on which our world is based?
And, if we dream it out loud aren't we just adding to those "ridiculous voices" that he is hearing everywhere.
At the end I think he is saying that we shouldn't be picking our own realities, taking a little from here and a little from there and building our own truths, but that we should be searching for something deeper to base our lives on.
but it makes sense to me now. the beginning is highlighting our empty commercial culture, then the next part is talking about how lost this world makes him feel. the last part is optimistic, i think, talking about how everything will be okay, and saying there still is beauty in the world.
UNCERTAINTY CAN BE A GUIDING LIGHT
(i love that line so much)