I've been listening to this for a while and think the lyrics are much simpler than discussed here.
Seal seems to be lamenting about how there's so much hatred in the world because people are rigid in their views.
Think about this:
A man decides after seventy years,
That what he goes there for, is to unlock the door.
While those around him criticize and sleep...
who's the man? How about Reagan?
In 1987, Reagan, an american president in his seventies, tell Russian prime minister to "tear down this wall."
Reagan articulates the idea of tearing down the wall (of hatred).
And through a fractal on a breaking wall,
I see you my friend, and touch your face again.
Miracles will happen as we trip.
The wall didn't come down until 1989, but people were fleeing.
The "trip" Seal is referring to is the notion of travel.
He's in Germany on a trip and he's seeing the effects and inspiration of a wall being torn down.
But we're never gonna survive, unless...
We get a little crazy
No we're never gonna survive, unless...
We are a little...
Seal thinks that for the world to change - it needs to embrace "crazy" ideas
that go against accepted rules, practices and beliefs.
yellow people walking through my head.
One of them's got a gun, to shoot the other one.
And yet together they were friends at school
Ohh, get it, get it, get it, get it no no!
Again, current news in 1989...
Tiananmen Square protests and senseless killings.
soldiers firing upon people they knew and probably when to school with because they're ordered to
politics getting in the way of a free world
If all were there when we first took the pill,
Then maybe, then maybe, then maybe, then maybe...
Miracles will happen as we speak.
if everyone took the same pill at the same time, then maybe we'd all be on the same page
but because people around the world hold different beliefs,
we can never get along unless one beliefs explores the others' "crazy" ideology
which would be a miracle
Amanda decides to go along after seventeen years
wrong lyrics!
It should be: A man decides to go along after seventy years
repeating the first set of lyrics - about Reagan
In a sky full of people, only some want to fly,
Isn't that crazy?
In Germany, even after the wall came down... some people were saying
they didn't want to leave... didn't want freedom - isn't that crazy?
In a world full of people, only some want to fly,
Isn't that crazy?
In China, when democracy was at hand, many people didn't want to stand
up and get freedom - isn't that crazy?
Crazy...
In a heaven of people there's only some want to fly,
Ain't that crazy?
Even when we can agree about a Creator and our anointed right to live free
some people still accept being repressed. isn't that crazy?
any other interpretation of this song is really just..... crazy!
I've been listening to this for a while and think the lyrics are much simpler than discussed here. Seal seems to be lamenting about how there's so much hatred in the world because people are rigid in their views. Think about this:
A man decides after seventy years, That what he goes there for, is to unlock the door. While those around him criticize and sleep...
who's the man? How about Reagan? In 1987, Reagan, an american president in his seventies, tell Russian prime minister to "tear down this wall." Reagan articulates the idea of tearing down the wall (of hatred).
And through a fractal on a breaking wall, I see you my friend, and touch your face again. Miracles will happen as we trip.
The wall didn't come down until 1989, but people were fleeing. The "trip" Seal is referring to is the notion of travel. He's in Germany on a trip and he's seeing the effects and inspiration of a wall being torn down.
But we're never gonna survive, unless... We get a little crazy No we're never gonna survive, unless... We are a little...
Seal thinks that for the world to change - it needs to embrace "crazy" ideas that go against accepted rules, practices and beliefs.
yellow people walking through my head. One of them's got a gun, to shoot the other one. And yet together they were friends at school Ohh, get it, get it, get it, get it no no!
Again, current news in 1989... Tiananmen Square protests and senseless killings. soldiers firing upon people they knew and probably when to school with because they're ordered to politics getting in the way of a free world
If all were there when we first took the pill, Then maybe, then maybe, then maybe, then maybe... Miracles will happen as we speak.
if everyone took the same pill at the same time, then maybe we'd all be on the same page but because people around the world hold different beliefs, we can never get along unless one beliefs explores the others' "crazy" ideology which would be a miracle
Amanda decides to go along after seventeen years wrong lyrics! It should be: A man decides to go along after seventy years repeating the first set of lyrics - about Reagan
In a sky full of people, only some want to fly, Isn't that crazy?
In Germany, even after the wall came down... some people were saying they didn't want to leave... didn't want freedom - isn't that crazy?
In a world full of people, only some want to fly, Isn't that crazy?
In China, when democracy was at hand, many people didn't want to stand up and get freedom - isn't that crazy?
Crazy... In a heaven of people there's only some want to fly, Ain't that crazy?
Even when we can agree about a Creator and our anointed right to live free some people still accept being repressed. isn't that crazy?
any other interpretation of this song is really just..... crazy!