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| M. Ward – For Beginners Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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"On a bookshelf in Caledonia, sits a map of passageways; best to stumble upon Mt. Zion, to behold the natural gates..."
This simply means that you can take the educated path to finding this "Mt. Zion." You can study the blueprints to get there, but it's best to seek it inside yourself. Mt. Zion is the place of peace. You can go to some exotic place and search for it all your life, but never find it. I think Ward is saying Mt. Zion is inside of you. |
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| M. Ward – Chinese Translation Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I think M. Ward revisits William Blake's themes a lot in his songs. The big theme here is innocence and experience. I think he's describing a young man that has grown out of his innocence and experienced elements of the world around him in his maturity. Met with this clash between innocence and experience, he goes to the old man (wisdom) for advice. The old man basically disregards his questions, and tells him the ultimate truth. Our time here is brief and we can't really know anything. So ask your questions, but you'll get the same answer. Some things will never be known. |
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| M. Ward – Blake's View Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This is a song that borrows heavily from the poet William Blake. Blake was a visionary poet of the 18th century, and considered one of the best literary minds to ever come out of Britain. This song is talking about Blake's basic philosophy/theology. That this life is temporary, and simply preparation for the next. Life is a cycle, like the song says. If we are a part of this life, then we are subject to this cycle. Like Blake and Ward believe, we'll always be apart of this eternity. |
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