It amazes me that no one thinks this song could be about going blind every time they see children suffering in countires that are oppressed. I think that they are saying that they turn a blind eye everytime they see commericals or news reports about these children. It's easier to just pretend it doesn't exist than do something about it. "Little child, did you know that there's a light,
And it's gonna shine right through your eyes. What do you think that life is like? Every time I look at you, I go blind." I think this represents how these children are so oppressed they don't know there's life outside of just trying to survive, that there's a free world ("somewhere over there theres a purpose there's a care for free, in me there's nobody, no one plans, no one stand to be free") and no one is doing anything about it. I don't think this is limited to opprssed children but also the genereal distruction we are doing to the earth and how there is a lack of care.
It amazes me that no one thinks this song could be about going blind every time they see children suffering in countires that are oppressed. I think that they are saying that they turn a blind eye everytime they see commericals or news reports about these children. It's easier to just pretend it doesn't exist than do something about it. "Little child, did you know that there's a light, And it's gonna shine right through your eyes. What do you think that life is like? Every time I look at you, I go blind." I think this represents how these children are so oppressed they don't know there's life outside of just trying to survive, that there's a free world ("somewhere over there theres a purpose there's a care for free, in me there's nobody, no one plans, no one stand to be free") and no one is doing anything about it. I don't think this is limited to opprssed children but also the genereal distruction we are doing to the earth and how there is a lack of care.